proconsulate

American  

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

Or proconsulship

noun

History/Historical.

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

---

Etymology

Origin of proconsulate

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

Example Sentences

As for the statues and the bronzes, the finest were doubtless part of the spoils of Piso's proconsulate in Macedonia.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

This peace of well-nigh fifty years had necessarily a peculiar, and not a happy effect upon the Christians of the proconsulate.

From Project Gutenberg

When Pitt resigned office in 1801, the Marquis Wellesley had already reached the climax, though by no means the close, of his brilliant proconsulate.

From Project Gutenberg

As the interval between holding the consulate and the proconsulate was from ten to thirteen years, this fragment may be dated, if not before 166, at any rate before 169 a.d.

From Project Gutenberg