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proconsular
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Proconsular \Pro*con"su*lar\, Proconsulary \Pro*con"su*la*ry\, a. [L. proconsularis: cf. F. proconsulaire.]
Of or pertaining of a proconsul; as, proconsular powers.
Under the government of a proconsul; as, a proconsular province.
Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to a proconsul, or the office thereof.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to or typical of a proconsul; "proconsular offices"
Usage examples of "proconsular".
Dowered with a proconsular imperium, he enjoyed the sumptuous panoply of riding behind twelve crimson-clad, black-and-brass-belted lictors bearing the axes in their bundles of rods.
Soon after his accession to the empire he married his daughter Faustina to Marcus Aurelius, procured for him the tribunitian and proconsular power from the Senate, and made him his associate in the labors of the government.
Although Pius had two sons, he preferred the welfare of Rome to the interest of his family, gave his daughter Faustina in marriage to young Marcus, obtained from the senate the tribunitian and proconsular powers, and, with a noble disdain, or rather ignorance of jealousy, associated him to all the labors of government.
Although Pius had two sons, ^42 he preferred the welfare of Rome to the interest of his family, gave his daughter Faustina, in marriage to young Marcus, obtained from the senate the tribunitian and proconsular powers, and, with a noble disdain, or rather ignorance of jealousy, associated him to all the labors of government.