Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or the term of office of a consul, in either the political or the diplomatic sense of the word: as, the consulship of Cicero. See
consul .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office of a consul; consulate.
- noun The term of office of a consul.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The office or status of a
consul ; aconsulate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the post of consul
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Examples
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This exalted idea of the consulship is borrowed from an oration (iii.p. 107) pronounced by Julian in the servile court of Constantius.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The story of my consulship is an absolute gift to anyone with the slightest spark of imagination.
CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010
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I seek the consulship, which is immortality—a prize worth fighting for, yes?
Imperium Robert Harris 2006
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Yes, but the consulship is a joint office, based on the principle that political power should always be checked.
Imperium Robert Harris 2006
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I seek the consulship, which is immortality—a prize worth fighting for, yes?
Imperium Robert Harris 2006
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We, who can recall the consulship of Plancus, and quite respectable, old-fogyfied times, remember amongst other amusements which we had as children the pictures at which we were permitted to look.
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Yes, but the consulship is a joint office, based on the principle that political power should always be checked.
Imperium Robert Harris 2006
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I can see where bribing might be excusable if the consulship was the prize, but quaestor!
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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Consequently your colleague in the consulship is a man of straw.
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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Therefore Publius Apuleius, a tribune of the people, who ever since my consulship has been the witness and partaker of, and my assistant in all my designs and all my dangers could not endure the grief of witnessing my indignation.
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero
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