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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

As Imperator he had the command of the Roman armies; and the tribunitian and proconsular powers which the Senate conferred upon him made him absolute master of the state.

From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir

A legate being appointed by the emperor over the conquered countries, Britain became a proconsular province.

From Old English Chronicles by Various