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

C17: from Italian bucentoro , of uncertain origin

They build a new Bucentaur every hundred Years, and the old ones are laid up till they rot.

The Bucentaur did not return directly to the quay, to disburden itself of its grave and dignified load.

We shall see the brave Admiral Antonio sailing in the Bucentaur, with the nobles of the land!

On coming to the surface he saw nothing—neither the gondola, the Bucentaur nor his beloved.

Now written Bucentaur, the state ship of the Venetian republic.

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