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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

The proximity of Smyrna to Ephesus, and the reputation accorded to both in the flattering designation of 'the two eyes' of proconsular Asia, would make intercourse between the cities familiar and frequent.

From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various

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