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Definition of Consulate

1. Noun. Diplomatic building that serves as the residence or workplace of a consul.

Definition of Consulate

1. n. The office of a consul.

Definition of Consulate

1. Noun. The residency of a consul ¹

2. Noun. In practice, an office of a government in a foreign city that oversees the distribution of visas and provides assistance to nationals. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Consulate

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Consulate

Literary usage of Consulate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1846)
"BRAZILIAN consulate FEES, OR EMOLUMENTS TO BE PAID BY VESSELS ... of any document passed by the consulate „ 1 Acknowledgment of signatures or legalization ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"After the Peace and the consulate for Life there was a halt in his triumphal ... The greater part of the institutions founded during the consulate have ..."

3. Revolutionary Europe, 1789-1815 by Henry Morse Stephens (1900)
"The consulate—The Council of State—The Tribunate—The Legislative Body—The Senate—Internal Policy ^of the consulate—General Reconciliation—The Code ..."

4. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1869)
"A consulate AMONGST THE FIJIS. IN September, 1858, I arrived in the Fiji ... But before I had made my arrangements for opening the consulate— indeed, ..."

5. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1916)
"Consul Young should make arrangements for the sealing of the archives and for the safeguarding of the consulate, after which he should go to the American ..."

6. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1916)
"Before we review the main activities of the constructive consulate or of the proselyting ... THE FRENCH REPUBLIC UNDER THE consulate, 1799-1804 When General ..."

7. The French Revolution: A Political History, 1789-1804 by François-Alphonse Aulard (1910)
"From the time of this first session the tentative methods of the provisional consulate were things of the past : Bonaparte's activity whirled his colleagues ..."

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