Example sentences from the Web for bucentaur

The ceremony was performed from the deck of the Bucentaur, or state-galley, with every possible accompaniment of pomp and parade.
Ocean's Story; or Triumphs of Thirty Centuries|Edward Rowland
The Bucentaur lies rotting unrestored, Where meaner relics must not dare to rot.
Homes of American Statesmen|Various
They build a new Bucentaur every hundred Years, and the old ones are laid up till they rot.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
We shall see the brave Admiral Antonio sailing in the Bucentaur, with the nobles of the land!
The Bravo|J. Fenimore Cooper

Vendramin saw himself in an ancient Venetian costume, looking on at the ceremony of the Bucentaur.
Massimilla Doni|Honore de Balzac

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

Word Origin for bucentaur

C17: from Italian bucentoro, of uncertain origin

Words nearby bucentaur

buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, buccopharyngeal, buccoversion, bucentaur, Bucephalus, Buchan, Buchanan, Bucharest, Buchenwald

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单词	bucentaur
释义	Example sentences from the Web for bucentaur The ceremony was performed from the deck of the Bucentaur, or state-galley, with every possible accompaniment of pomp and parade. Ocean's Story; or Triumphs of Thirty Centuries\|Edward Rowland The Bucentaur lies rotting unrestored, Where meaner relics must not dare to rot. Homes of American Statesmen\|Various They build a new Bucentaur every hundred Years, and the old ones are laid up till they rot. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I\|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz We shall see the brave Admiral Antonio sailing in the Bucentaur, with the nobles of the land! The Bravo\|J. Fenimore Cooper Vendramin saw himself in an ancient Venetian costume, looking on at the ceremony of the Bucentaur. Massimilla Doni\|Honore de Balzac 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 Word Origin for bucentaur C17: from Italian bucentoro, of uncertain origin Words nearby bucentaur buccogingival, buccolabial, buccolingual, buccopharyngeal, buccoversion, bucentaur, Bucephalus, Buchan, Buchanan, Bucharest, Buchenwald 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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