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Proconsular

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pro·con·sul  (pr-knsl)
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 prcnsul, from pr cnsule, in place of the consul : pr, instead of; see pro-1 + cnsule, ablative of cnsul, consul; see consul.]
pro·consu·lar (-s-lr) adj.
pro·consu·late (-s-lt) n.
pro·consul·ship n.
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Adj.1.proconsular - of or relating to or typical of a proconsul; "proconsular offices"
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This is eerily prophetic of Mandelson's proconsular role in Northern Ireland.
Shakespeare, Marlowe and Blair by Berry, Ralph / Contemporary Review
There are other persons of means who function as patrons, hosts, or positive examples including the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26), Judas (9:11), Simon (10:6), Proconsular governor Sergius Paulus (13:4-12), Lydia (16:15), influential Greek men and women from Beroea (17:12), Dionysius, a member of the court of the Areopagus (17:34), Aquila and Priscilla (18:1-4), Crispus, a synagogue leader (18:8), Philip (21:7-14), and Mnason (21:16).
Radical patronage in Luke-Acts by Heen, Erik M. / Currents in Theology and Mission
Meanwhile, events had exposed the limitations of the proconsular system--and of American's reliance on gunboats and Gurkhas to police the world.
A Potent Imperium by Black, Jeremy / Modern Age
 
 
 
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