单词 | proconsulship |
释义 | proconsulshipn. The office or position of proconsul; the period during which such office is held. ΘΚΠ 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 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > position of governorship1549 governmentship1615 ethnarchy1641 residentship1794 proconsulate1795 proconsulship1807 seneschalsy1898 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Life Agricola in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. 263 Now the yeare was at hande, when as the Proconsulshippe [L. proconsulatum] of Asia or Africke should be allotted vnto him. a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) iv. i. 43 And shoulde shee begge your procunsulship, yf you heard her 'twere hers vpon my life. 1737 T. Lediard tr. J. J. Mascov Hist. Anc. Germans I. ii. 24 Julius Cæsar obtained the Proconsulship over Gallia Narbonnensis, as a Province. 1777 F. Carter Journey from Gibraltar to Malaga III. i. 201 These provinces were separated a little before the destruction of the commonwealth from the proconsulship of Asia. 1807 European Mag. 52 443/2 One of the..coadjutors of the sanguinary Collot d'Herbois, during the dreadful period of his proconsulship at Lyons. 1887 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 8 465 The consulship and proconsulship of Aponius Saturninus, who is familiar to us from Tacitus' Histories, were hitherto unknown. 1926 Times 8 Oct. 13/3 In Morocco and in Tunis French Residents-General wield those powers de jure which Lord Cromer exercised de facto during his proconsulship in Egypt. 1976 Church Times 25 June 11/4 The only absolutely firm date in the whole of the New Testament is the proconsulship of Gallio, shown by an inscription to have begun in the early summer of 51. 1992 B. W. Jones Emperor Domitian (1993) viii. 179 The proconsulship of Asia was the most prestigious post available to a member of the senate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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