FromMiddle Englishconsulat,consulate, fromLatinconsulātus, fromconsul +-ātus(-ate (fourth)). In some senses, viaFrenchconsulat. Bysurface analysis,consul +-ate.
consulate (pluralconsulates)
- Rule byconsuls, as duringmostperiods of theRoman Republic or inFrance between 1799 and 1804.
- Theoffice of aconsul, in itsvarioussenses.
- Theterm ofoffice of aconsul.
- Thebusinessoffice of aconsul; aminorembassy.
- (obsolete)Anytown orcity council.
the residency of a consul
an office of a government, comparable to an embassy
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "consulate,n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1893.