单词 | proconsulate |
释义 | proconsulaten. 1. Roman History. The office or position of proconsul; the period during which such office is held; (also) the district under the government of a proconsul. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a pro-consul proconsulate1579 society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [noun] > consul > proconsul > position of proconsulate1579 proconsulship1591 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > ancient Roman > proconsul > position of vice-consulship1587 proconsulship1591 vice-consulate1819 proconsulate1856 1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Djv By referring you to the proconsulates of Rome vnder that Empire: to the vndergouernors in the former monarchies. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 609 He governed the proconsulate of Asia little to his credit. 1710 A. Mainwaring Medley No. 10 in F. H. Ellis Swift vs. Mainwaring (1985) 77 Roman Generals..had their..Proconsulates, such as Asia, Africa, Spain, etc. 1756 W. Duncan tr. Cicero Select Orations XVI. 641 It is decreed, that after the proconsulate of M. Brutus, Crete shall be no longer a province. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xxxiv. 140 The proconsulate of Syria became the object of every inordinate ambition. 1875 J. B. Lightfoot St. Paul's Epist. Colossians 413 The Proconsulate of Paullus. 1939 C. N. Cochrane Christianity & Classical Culture (1944) i. i. 26 Even Cicero was offered (and refused) divine honours during his proconsulate in Cilicia. 1996 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 86 238 He excepts the office of proconsul, which remains special, as is shown by the temporary proconsulate in Campania under Gratian. 2. In extended use: the office or position of governor in a modern dependency, colony, province, etc. (cf. proconsul n.1 1b); the period during which such office is held. Also (occasionally): the territory for which a proconsul is responsible. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > position of governorship1549 governmentship1615 ethnarchy1641 residentship1794 proconsulate1795 proconsulship1807 seneschalsy1898 1795 Sir F. d'Ivernois Refl. War i. 12 (note) Robespierre elevated to a dictatorial throne,..the proconsulate introduced. 1847 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. June 543 At this time Nantes sighed under the proconsulate of Carrier, who..let blood flow freely, and knew no compassion. 1879 Times 12 Aug. 4/2 He returned to his duties in 1877, and in the course of that year traversed the whole of his proconsulate. 1933 G. Arthur Septuagenarian's Scrap Bk. 243 The soldier whose proconsulate was extended for over two years and who was then wistfully asked if he would not come back again. 1989 Hist. Jrnl. 32 104 They were welcomed as saviours by conservatives generally, following the proconsulate of Fréron. 2003 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 3 Feb. b7 Everyone but Bush fears the consequences of a postwar imperial American proconsulate in Baghdad. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579 |
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