The office or authority of a doge, or the period during which a particular doge ruled in Venice or Genoa.
From Italian 'dogato,' combining 'doge' (from Latin 'dux') with the suffix '-ate' (indicating office or position, as in 'magistrate'). This follows the standard Romance language pattern for naming governmental terms.
The dogate of Venice lasted over 1,000 years—longer than most modern nations have existed—and the word represents one of history's most stable forms of elected executive government.
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