单词 | proconsular |
释义 | proconsularadj. 1. a. Of, relating to, or like a Roman proconsul. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [adjective] > Roman province under types of governor proconsular1610 presidiala1654 proconsulary1728 senatorial1841 senatorian1842 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [adjective] > ancient Roman proconsulary1598 proconsular1610 prefectorian1683 correctorial1731 propraetorial1764 propraetorian1834 society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [adjective] > consul > proconsul proconsulary1598 proconsular1610 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. 62 Which was not governed by any Consular or Proconsular deputy, but was counted Præsidialis, and appropriate to the Cæsars. 1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica xii. 89 He was invested with Proconsular Authority for the more contentfully peracting this Tax. 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Tilbury-Fort The 4 proconsular ways made in Britain by the Romans crossed each other in this T. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. Introd. p. xx Titus Quintus, the proconsular general. 1852 W. J. Conybeare & J. S. Howson Life & Epist. St. Paul I. xii. 450 Gallio is seated on that proconsular chair from which judicial sentences were pronounced by the Roman magistrates. 1904 W. M. Ramsay Lett. to Seven Churches xxii. 297 The Christians were tried in the proconsular courts. 1978 J. Krantz Scruples x. 288 His nose had a proconsular boldness, and his coloring was bronze all over. 2000 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 90 60 After a brief consulship in 40 B.C. Pollio took a proconsular command in Macedonia or Dalmatia or both. b. Of, relating to, or like a medieval or modern provincial governor. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [adjective] gubernatorial1734 proconsular1798 guber1989 1798 H. M. Williams Tour Switzerland I. xiv. 200 Stung into disobedience by some act of proconsular tyranny, they took up arms against their sovereign. 1833 Lady Morgan Manor Sackville ii, in Dramatic Scenes I. 50 Is there in the world..such an history as that of Ireland?..subject for centuries to a proconsular government. 1870 Times 13 Oct. 8/3 Whoever has lived in a French provincial town knows the proconsular ways of French mandarins. 1951 Newark (Ohio) Advocate & Amer. Tribune 19 Apr. 4/6 He will lay down his proconsular duties once a Japanese peace treaty is signed. 1999 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 71 266 Naimark argues that the heads of the occupation forces..had less proconsular power than Lucius Clay enjoyed on the American side. 2. a. proconsular Asia: the Roman province of Asia, including the districts of Mysia, Lydia, Caria, and Phrygia, the western part of Asia Minor; the ‘Asia’ of the New Testament. ΚΠ 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. Pref. 2 Other profound Clerks of late greatly, as they conceive, to the advancement of Prelaty, are so earnestly meting out the Lydian proconsular Asia, to make good the prime metropolis of Ephesus. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Acts xix. 10 The Gospel was spread through all Asia proconsular. 1702 A. Campbell Queries to Presbyterians Scotl. vi. 42 The Lydian or Proconsular Asia. 1766 J. Fleetwood Life Jesus Christ 375/1 The Jews and proselytes of the whole proconsular Asia had an opportunity of hearing the glad tidings of salvation. 1878 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 16 May Come and hear the Doctor's exposition and application of the letters to the seven churches of Proconsular Asia. 1932 Eng. Hist. Rev. 47 291 The mints of Lugdunum and proconsular Asia, which had lingered on into the 80's, were apparently extinct by the coming of the 90's. 2002 Church Times 8 Mar. 17/3 It must have been terrifying to hear the Apocalypse read out for the first time, at worship in one of those seven little churches of Roman proconsular Asia. b. Of a province, city, etc.: under the administration of a Roman proconsul. ΚΠ 1654 C. Barksdale tr. H. Grotius Of Law of Warre & Peace iii. liv. 638 So, in Bithynia, a proconsular Province, the City Apamaea had the privilege to administer the Commonwealth their own way. 1746 E. Yardley Serm. Dec. 18, 1745 9 If we enquire into the present State of..this once famous and proconsular City [i.e. Ephesus], this most celebrated Mart of the lesser Asia. 1834 T. De Quincey Cæsars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 186 (note) Throughout the Senatorian or Proconsular provinces, all taxes were immediately paid into the ærarium, or treasury of the state. 1885 T. M. Lindsay Acts II. 44 Later [Cyprus] became imperial and still later again proconsular. 1930 Classical Philol. 25 173 The Gordian Revolt had taken place in the proconsular province. 1994 Harvard Theol. Rev. 87 430 Marble was quarried at the Roman town of Simitthus.., located in the northwest corner of proconsular Africa. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a pro-consul > position of proconsularship1882 1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 301/1 Augustus raised it [sc. Bithynia] into a proconsularship b.c. 27. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1610 |
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