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shogunate

[ shoh-guh-nit, -neyt ]

noun

  1. the office or rule of a shogun.
  2. a government controlled by shoguns.


shogunate

/ ˈʃəʊɡʊnɪt; -ˌneɪt /

noun

  1. Japanese history the office or rule of a shogun
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of shogunate1

First recorded in 1870–75; shogun + -ate 3
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Example Sentences

For nearly three hundred years the Shogunate exercised great power.

Most of the Shogunate troops were organised according to the old system of the Middle Ages.

Towards the later years of the Shogunate it possessed a small but creditable navy in the European style.

It follows, therefore, that when a great feudal lord became an open enemy of the Shogunate, his opposition was an organised power.

The same thing was done even down to the last days of the Shogunate, though on a limited scale and less frequently.

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