Council of Ten

American  

noun

1. the governing council of Venice from 1310 until its overthrow in 1797, composed originally of 10 and later 17 members.

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Example Sentences

Under the Inspector General Act, anonymous denunciations thrive in Washington as they have rarely done since the Council of Ten in the Venice of the doges.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among its members in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries we find a doge, several senators and members of the Council of Ten, and military commanders of high repute.

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John

They had left Murano owing to slackness of trade, but had been recalled, and appealed to the Council of Ten in Venice to be allowed to complete their contract in London.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

One of the conspirators, a furrier from Pisa, had qualms of conscience; he wished to save his friend Niccol� Leoni, a member of the Council of Ten.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm

The Ducal Chancellery, which the Council of Ten once called 'cor nostri status,' was preserved on the upper floor of the palace, and was reached by the Scala d'oro.

From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various