Definitions for consulate

consulate con·su·late

Spelling: [kon-suh-lit]
IPA: /ˈkɒn sə lɪt/

Consulate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 826 anagrams from letters in consulate (acelnostu).

Definitions for consulate

noun

  1. the premises officially occupied by a consul.
  2. the position, work, authority, or term of service of a consul.
  3. (often initial capital letter) a government by consuls, as in France from 1799 to 1804.

Origin of consulate

1350-1400; Middle English Latin consulātus, equivalent to consul consul + -ātus -ate3

Examples for consulate

He returned to the consulate to talk over the matter with the trusty Scanlons.

The safety of American personnel at the American consulate in Libya was undermined by a “stand down order.”

But in our consulate (where I arrived dripping after a sharp walk) they could tell me nothing.

To the guillotine succeeded the court-martial; then the consulate, then the Empire.

Fortunately the Indian security guards at the consulate killed all the attackers.

When that tactic failed to break the strike, the Sikhs received a visitor: a representative from the Indian consulate in Houston.

He was the doctor of our Legation and, of course, of the consulate, too.

"No, it is not the consulate," said Pachmann smoothly, and turned to Vard.

Erbil, the Iraqi Kurdish capital, is home to a U.S. consulate and thousands of U.S. citizens working in the oil industry.

Neither the Indian consulate nor a representative from ICE in El Paso responded to requests for comment on this story.

Word Value for consulate
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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