shogunate

[ shoh-guh-nit, -neyt ]

noun

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

shogunate

/ -ˌneɪt; ˈʃəʊɡʊnɪt /

noun

1. Japanese history the office or rule of a shogun

Word History and Origins

Origin of shogunate¹

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

Example Sentences

For nearly three hundred years the Shogunate exercised great power.

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

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

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

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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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