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bucentaur [bjuːˈsɛntɔː]

(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

[from Italian bucentoro, of uncertain origin]

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