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Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers.

Consular. [Obs.] Holland.

Of or pertaining of a proconsul; as, proconsular powers.

ace, or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consula. -- Vice consul, a consular officer holding the place of a consul during the consul's absence or after he has been relieved.

Consular government; term of office of a consul.

-- Vice consul Etym: [cf. F. vice-consul], a subordinate officer, authorized to exercise consular functions in some particular part of a district controlled by a consul. -- Vice king, one who acts in the place of a king; a viceroy. -- Vice legate Etym: [cf. F. vice-légat], a legate second in rank to, or acting in pl…