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Definition of proconsulate - 2 dictionary results

pro⋅con⋅su⋅late

  [proh-kon-suh-lit]
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–noun History/Historical.
the office or term of office of a proconsul.
Also, pro⋅con⋅sul⋅ship.

Origin:
1650–60; < L prōconsulātus. See proconsul, -ate 3
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pro·con·sul   (prō-kŏn'səl)   
n.  

  1. A provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.

  2. A high administrator in one of the modern colonial empires.


[Middle English, from Latin prōcōnsul, from prō cōnsule, in place of the consul : prō, instead of; see pro-1 + cōnsule, ablative of cōnsul, consul; see consul.]
pro·con'su·lar (-sə-lər) adj., pro·con'su·late (-sə-lĭt) n., pro·con'sul·ship' n.
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