The Serenissima Signoria were the Doge and the six Councillors of the Doge, appointed annually by the Maggior Consiglio, the closest the Republic of Venice had to an executive..
“Minor Consiglio” from the L’Archivio di Stato di Venezia: indice generale, storico, descrittivo ed analitico (1937) by Andrea da Mosto
“Signoria” from the Dizionario del Dialetto Veneziano by Giuseppe Boerio.
“Consiglio del Doge” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.