proconsulate
noun
the office or term of office of a proconsul.
proconsulship
-
a variation of
proconsulate.
Example Sentences
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Leonard Wood had recently completed a health-harassing, nerve-defying job which history may well record as the most brilliant proconsulship of the age.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was accused of malversation in his proconsulship of Asia, B.C.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Aubrey Stewart
He had gained much credit by his proconsulship in Asia, and had since by an honourable leisure wiped out the blot which stained the activity of his former years.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell
By Caesar's efforts, a better understanding was brought about between the triumvirs, and it was agreed that his own proconsulship should be prolonged for a second term of five years.
From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher
Alexander Severus called him to the dangerous honours of government in Africa, and during his proconsulship occurred the usurpation of Maximin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
