doge

• Presided over by the doge, this body admitted only patrician men of good families who had attained the age of forty and been voted in by their peers. —  AHMM,December2007
• They are at present far from rich, and are despised by the French, since their doge was forced by the late king to go in person to Paris, to ask pardon for such a trifle as the arms of France over the house of the envoy, being spattered with dung in the night. —  Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e
• I didn't feel like anything so fine as a doge," she added, lightly, as they came out into the square again. —  A Venetian June
• Presently the doge, accompanied by the council, appeared in the balcony. —  The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century
• The doge, although just seventy-three years old, signified his wish to assume the supreme command of the expedition, Pisani acting as his lieutenant and admiral During the long weeks the siege continued, Francis saw little of the Polanis, his duties keeping him constantly near Pisani, with whom he took such meals as the time would afford, sleeping in his house, in readiness for instant service. —  The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century

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