Look up: Bucentaur

1. Bucentaur
   Ship, richly decorated with figures of monsters, in which the doge of Venice sailed every year on Ascension Day to the Adriatic Sea. He then performed the rite of dropping a ring into the water, to...
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2. Bucentaur
   Bu·cen'taur noun [ Greek boy^s ox + ke`ntayros centaur.] 1. A fabulous monster, half ox, half man. 2. [ Italian bucentoro .] The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.
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3. Bucentaur
   • (n.) A fabulous monster, half ox, half man. • (n.) The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.
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4. Bucentaur
   in the Republic of Venice, a highly decorated galley used by the doge on solemn state occasions, especially at the annual ceremony of the `wedding of ...
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5. Bucentaur
   In Greek mythology, the Bucentaur was a mythical creature, half man and half ox.
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6. Bucentaur
   The `bucentaur` ( ; bucintoro in Venetian) was the state galley of the doges of Venice. It was used every year on Ascension Day up to 1798 to take the doge out to the Adriatic Sea to perform the "Marriage of the Adriatic" – more accurately, "Marriage of the Sea" ââ...
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