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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