shogunate

[shoh-guh-nit, -neyt]

noun

the office or rule of a shogun.

a government controlled by shoguns.

Origin of shogunate

First recorded in 1870–75; shogun + -ate³

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Historical Examples of shogunate

The shogunate and the feudal system had fallen, to rise no more.
Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15)
Charles Morris
Oguri, an able man, was the finance minister of the Shogunate at the time.
A Fantasy of Far Japan
Baron Kencho Suyematsu
These they received through the Shogunate, but the giver was the emperor.
A Fantasy of Far Japan
Baron Kencho Suyematsu
Above all, there was one such belonging to the Shogunate itself.
A Fantasy of Far Japan
Baron Kencho Suyematsu
He lived in the last period of the Shogunate and studied Dutch books.
The Foundations of Japan
J.W. Robertson Scott

British Dictionary definitions for shogunate

shogunate

noun

Japanese history the office or rule of a shogun

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Word Origin and History for shogunate

1871, a hybrid, from Japanese shogun + Latinate suffix -ate (1).