giuntan.
/ˈdʒʊnta/ Historical.
In the Venetian republic, a number of patricians chosen to act as assessors to the Council of Ten in special emergencies; later, the name given to the 60 co-opted members of the council of pregadi, by which the affairs of the state were administered.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > in Venetian republic
decemvir1615
the Ten1636
giunta1673
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 167 In the number of the 60 Pregadi there can be but three of one and the same family, and if there be three in the Pregadi there can be but two in the Giunta.
1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) v. i. 129 The Giunta Will hear you.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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- fetish
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- fetish-bird
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- fetish-day
- fetish-gold
- fetish-house
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- fetish-monger
- fetish-priest
- fetish-woman
- fetish-word
- fetish-worship
- fetish-worshipper
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- fetishbird
- fetishceremony
- fetishday
- fetisheer
- fetisheeress