Word Meanings - SHOGUNATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The office or dignity of a Shogun.

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• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• SHOGUN
  A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns became finally the
• DIGNITY
  digneté, dignité, F. dignité, fr. L. dignitas, from dignus worthy. 1. The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence. 2. Elevation; grandeur. The dignity of this act was worth the audience
• SHOGUNATE
  The office or dignity of a Shogun.
• OFFICER
  Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
• OFFICE
  The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• INDIGNITY
  Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult. How might a prince of my great hopes forget So
• SUBOFFICER
  An under or subordinate officer.
• CONDIGNITY
  Merit, acguired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence. Such a worthiness of condignity, and proper merit of the heavenly glory, cannot be found in any the best, most perfect, and excellent of created beings. Bp. Bull.
• UNDEROFFICER
  A subordinate officer.
• OVEROFFICE
  To domineer over by virtue of office. Shak.