dogeshipn.
/ˈdəʊ(d)ʒʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈdoʊʒˌʃɪp/ The office or position of a doge; the period during which such office is exercised, the government of a doge. Also (with possessive) as a title.
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dogeship1651
dogate1693
dogedom1698
gonfaloniership1726
priorate1785
priorship1841
dogeate1888
1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 165 He told him positively, that he shold die in carcere Nobili, in a Noble prison, meaning the Dogeship or Dukedom of Venice.
1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 181 In the Dogeship of Renier Zen..the Grand Council added four more to them.
1751 tr. L. de Bréquigny Hist. Revol. Genoa II. iv. 31 Anthony Adorno was soon obliged to surrender the Castle, and resign his Dogeship.
1821 Ld. Byron Two Foscari iv. i, in Sardanapalus 273 His Doge ship answer'd.
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. i. iii. 29 Struggles to emancipate his national royalty from the trammels of the factious dogeship.
1920 J. P. Trevelyan Short Hist. Ital. People xx. 342 The Dogeship was revived, but Doria refused the ducal cap.
2004 J. Buckley Rough Guide Venice (ed. 6) 57 The dogeship was the monopoly of old men not solely because of the celebrated Venetian respect for the wisdom of the aged, but also because a man in his seventies would have fewer opportunities to abuse the unrivalled powers of the dogeship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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