Priyayi (former spelling: Prijaji) was the Dutch era class of the nobles of the Robe nobility, as opposed to royal nobility or bangsawan (Indonesian) or ningrat (Javanese), in Java, Indonesia`s most populous island. Priyayi was a Javanese word coined for the descendants of the adipati or governors, the first of whom were appointed in the 17th cen....
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in traditional Javanese society, a class that comprised the elite in contrast to the masses, or `little people` (wong cilik). Until the 18th century ...
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