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bucentaur
/ bjuːˈsɛntɔː /
noun
- the state barge of Venice from which the doge and other officials dropped a ring into the sea on Ascension Day to symbolize the ceremonial marriage of the state with the Adriatic
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bucentaur1
C17: from Italian bucentoro , of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences
They build a new Bucentaur every hundred Years, and the old ones are laid up till they rot.
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The Bucentaur did not return directly to the quay, to disburden itself of its grave and dignified load.
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We shall see the brave Admiral Antonio sailing in the Bucentaur, with the nobles of the land!
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On coming to the surface he saw nothing—neither the gondola, the Bucentaur nor his beloved.
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Now written Bucentaur, the state ship of the Venetian republic.
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