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consulate

[kon-suh-lit] / ˈkɒn sə lɪt /
NOUN
embassy
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For the writer of this epitaph counted his two proconsulates as well as his five consulates.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Stewart, Aubrey

Though Julius Caesar and Augustus had checked the grossest abuses of the Republican proconsulates, yet enough of the evil tradition remained to make those abuses flourish with renewed vigour under such a ruler as Nero.

From Early Britain—Roman Britain by Conybeare, Edward

The writer of the inscription has added to Marcellus's five consulates, his two proconsulates.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh




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