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bucentaurenUK
bucentaur (bjuːˈsɛntɔː) n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) 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]TranslationsBucentaurenUK
Bucentauropulent Venetian ship of state. [Ital. Hist.: Plumb, 257]See: Splendor |