proconsulate

American  

[proh-kon-suh-lit] / proʊˈkɒn sə lɪt /

Or proconsulship

noun

History/Historical.

1. the office or term of office of a proconsul.

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Etymology

Origin of proconsulate

From the Latin word prōconsulātus, dating back to 1650–60. See proconsul, -ate ³

Example Sentences

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proconsulate

Senator McAdoo, who regards California as his political proconsulate, did not choose to honor State Chairman Olson with more than the scantest patronage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus his proconsulate is perhaps the purest and most honorable passage in his life.

From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various

But Alencon proved a traitor; and during the proconsulate of Farnese, Duke of Parma, the Spaniards gained much ground.

From Lectures on Modern history by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

Caesar was in the habit of passing the winters of his proconsulate in this part of his province, especially at Verona, where he was the guest of the father of Catullus.

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.

I granted him this request also and gave him a letter with which he set off to Carthage, where Lollianus Avitus, the term of his proconsulate having nearly expired, was awaiting your arrival, Maximus.

From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Butler, Harold Edgeworth