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Starost(a) (Cyrillic: ''старост/а'', Latin: ''capitaneus'', ) as a title designates an official or unofficial leader, used in various contexts through most of Slavic history. One can translate it as "senior" or "elder": the word comes from the Slavic root ''star-'', "old". In Poland a starosta would administer a territory called a ''starostwo''. In the early Middle Ages, the starosta was the head of a Slavic community or of other communities: thus one finds designations such as church starosta, ''artel'' starosta, etc. The starosta also functioned as the master of ceremonies in traditional Carpatho-Rusyn, Ukrainian, and Polish weddings, similar to ''stari svat'' (стари сват) in Serbian weddings. ==In various countries== *In the history of Poland, see "Starostwo". *In Ruthenia (Kievan Rus) it was a lower government official. *In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, ''starosta'' is the title of a mayor of a town or village (mayors of major cities use the title ''primátor''). *In Lithuania since 1991, ''starosta'' ((リトアニア語:seniūnas)) is the title of the head of a province. *In Galicia and Bukovina under Austrian rule a starosta supervised the county administration. *In Russia the word was used until the early 20th century to denote the elected leader of ''obshchina''. *In Ukraine during 1918 it was a post of an appointed official who represented the central government in regions. From 2015 is an official of a village that is a part of the united commune. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Starosta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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