consulship
Americannoun
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When both of those tactics failed, Secretary of State James G. Blaine finally snapped at Guiteau, "Never speak to me again on the Paris consulship as long as you live!"
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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