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Nervously, the Soviet government ordered its ambassadors and proconsular in Washington, London, Paris and East Germany to come home to Moscow for a policy conference.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before him lay the submission of a God-Emperor and proconsular rule over Japan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Luther Windham looked up with a stern, proconsular gaze that began to come apart around his eyes and mouth when he saw Bull’s bright and guiltless smile.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

This appointment carried with it proconsular imperium within and without Italy, and the control of the ports, markets and traffic in grain within the Roman dominions.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

The speech of Demetrius perhaps exaggerates the effects of Paul's work, but it should be remembered that the gospel took firm hold of proconsular Asia from a very early period.

From Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive by Sell, Henry T. (Henry Thorne)