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consulate (iou)



consulate noun. LME.
[Latin consulatus, formed as CONSUL: see -ATE1.]
Hist. A consular government; the period of this in France (1799-1804); the post or position of governing consuls. LME.
A body of councillors called consuls. L15-E17.
The post or establishment of a (modern) consul. L17.