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Synonyms for consulate


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-suh-lit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒn sə lɪt



Définition of consulate

Origin :
  • late 14c., "government of Rome by the consuls," from Latin consulatus "office of a consul," from consul (see consul). Also used in reference to the consular government of France from 1799-1804. In reference to the office of a modern consul, from 1702.
  • noun embassy
Example sentences :
  • He returned to the consulate to talk over the matter with the trusty Scanlons.
  • Extract from : « Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas » by Lloyd Osbourne
  • "No, it is not the consulate," said Pachmann smoothly, and turned to Vard.
  • Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
  • To the guillotine succeeded the court-martial; then the Consulate, then the Empire.
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • He was the doctor of our Legation and, of course, of the Consulate, too.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
  • But in our Consulate (where I arrived dripping after a sharp walk) they could tell me nothing.
  • Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
  • At the door of the consulate, however, he found difficulty of admission.
  • Extract from : « Plotting in Pirate Seas » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
  • The base of all the trouble was a clerk in the consulate at Naples.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
  • Russian Consulate in Chicago: Advise on destination of bread-lift.
  • Extract from : « Bread Overhead » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • Do you care for the church ceremony, or will the one at the Consulate do?
  • Extract from : « Man and Maid » by Elinor Glyn
  • Soon after this Napoleon overthrew the Directory, and established the Consulate.
  • Extract from : « Hortense, Makers of History Series » by John S. C. Abbott

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