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Definition of Shogunate
1. Noun. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).
Generic synonyms: Autarchy, Autocracy
Specialized synonyms: Police State
Derivative terms: Absolutist, Absolutistic, Dictator, Stalinist
Definition of Shogunate
1. n. The office or dignity of a Shogun.
Definition of Shogunate
1. Noun. The administration of a Shogun ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shogunate
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shogunate
Literary usage of Shogunate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government by Johannes Justus Rein (1884)
"The new shogunate derived its strength from the personal ability of its founder,
and from the tie by which he bound his vassals and favourites, to whom, ..."
2. Europe Since 1815 by Charles Downer Hazen (1910)
"The shogunate was abolished. Henceforth tie Mikado was the real as well as the
... The collapse of the shogunate, and the restoration of the Mikado to ..."
3. An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara (1920)
"Previous to the Kamakura shogunate, there was an interim between it and the old
regime, the semi-military government of the Taira family. ..."
4. An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara (1920)
"CHAPTER VII THE MILITARY REGIME; THE TAIRA AND THE MINAMOTO; THE shogunate OF
KAMAKURA FOR some time the military class had been rocking the prestige of the ..."
5. The Development of Japan by Kenneth Scott Latourette, Japan Society (New York, N.Y.) (1918)
"CHAPTER V THE shogunate: FROM THE ACCESSION OF ... REORGANIZES THE shogunate
After disposing of the heir of Hideyoshi, ..."
6. The Development of Japan by Kenneth Scott Latourette, Japan Society (New York, N.Y.) (1918)
"CHAPTER V THE shogunate: FROM THE ACCESSION OF ... REORGANIZES THE shogunate
After disposing of the heir of Hideyoshi, ..."
7. Life of Japan by Masuji Miyakawa (1907)
"barded the town and the shogunate government had to foot the bill of $3000000.
SEC. 38. Outside Causes for the shogunate: Meanwhile, Perry's squadron; ..."
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