Word Meanings - CONSULATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The office of a consul. Addison. 2. The jurisdiction or residence of a consul. Kent. 3. Consular government; term of office of a consul.

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• CONSUL
  One of the two chief magistrates of the republic. Note: They were chosen annually, originally from the patricians only, but later from the plebeians also. 2. A senator; a counselor. Many of the consuls, raised and met, Are at the duke's already.
• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• CONSULTATORY
  Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory. Bancroft.
• CONSULSHIP
  1. The office of a consul; consulate. 2. The term of office of a consul.
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• CONSULTIVE
  Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative. He that remains in the grace of God sins not by any deliberative, consultive, knowing act. Jer. Taylor.
• GOVERNMENTAL
  Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.
• CONSULT
  To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take consel; to deliberate together; to confer. Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. Shak. All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and
• CONSULAGE
  A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their connerce by means of a consul in a foreign place.
• GOVERNMENT
  The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. (more info) 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil,
• JURISDICTION
  The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes,
• OFFICER
  Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
• CONSULARY
  Consular. Holland.
• CONSULTARY
  Formed by consultation; resulting from conference. Consultary response , the opinion of a court on a special case. Wharton.
• RESIDENCE
  The residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence. 4. The place where anything rests permanently. But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then, . . . fights
• CONSULTATIVE
  Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference. "A consultative . . . power." Abp. Bramhall.
• CONSULAR
  Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers.
• CONSULATE
  1. The office of a consul. Addison. 2. The jurisdiction or residence of a consul. Kent. 3. Consular government; term of office of a consul.
• ADDISON'S DISEASE
  A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not
• OFFICE
  The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
• PROCONSUL
  An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul. (more info) Antiq.)
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• MISGOVERNMENT
  Bad government; want of government. Shak.
• JURISCONSULT
  A man learned in the civil law; an expert in juridical science; a professor of jurisprudence; a jurist.
• SUBOFFICER
  An under or subordinate officer.
• PROCONSULAR; PROCONSULARY
  1. Of or pertaining of a proconsul; as, proconsular powers. 2. Under the government of a proconsul; as, a proconsular province.