shogunate

[ shoh-guh-nit, -neyt ]

/ ˈʃoʊ gə nɪt, -ˌneɪt /

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noun

the office or rule of a shogun.

a government controlled by shoguns.

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Origin of shogunate

First recorded in 1870–75; shogun + -ate³

Words nearby shogunate

shoetree, shofar, shog, shogi, shogun, shogunate, shogun bond, shoguns, shohet, shoji, Sholapur

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How to use shogunate in a sentence

For nearly three hundred years the Shogunate exercised great power.
A Fantasy of Far Japan|Baron Kencho Suyematsu
Most of the Shogunate troops were organised according to the old system of the Middle Ages.
A Fantasy of Far Japan|Baron Kencho Suyematsu
Towards the later years of the Shogunate it possessed a small but creditable navy in the European style.
A Fantasy of Far Japan|Baron Kencho Suyematsu
It follows, therefore, that when a great feudal lord became an open enemy of the Shogunate, his opposition was an organised power.
A Fantasy of Far Japan|Baron Kencho Suyematsu

The same thing was done even down to the last days of the Shogunate, though on a limited scale and less frequently.
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British Dictionary definitions for shogunate

shogunate

/ (ˈʃəʊɡʊnɪt, -ˌneɪt) /

noun

Japanese history the office or rule of a shogun

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