consulship
Americannoun
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As a result, Guiteau began a months-long personal mission to be appointed to a consulship in either Vienna or Paris.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2022
Plebeians also gained election to the consulship, the highest office in Rome.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2016
But even as this hero seeks the consulship that he assumes is his due, he is openly scornful of the masses.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2016
He is a vigorous, hard-faced man of forty; born a peasant, he became a soldier, rising to commander of cavalry and the consulship.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 26, 2015
The Roman emperor Caligula allegedly planned to appoint his favourite horse, Incitatus, to the consulship.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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