Meaning of consulate in English

(Definition of consulate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of consulate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of consulate from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of consulate

consulate
It said a search was underway for consulate personnel.
From CNN
So it could just go back to being called a consulate.
The consulate workers finish their meal and pull up a photo on their phones.
Within days, he allegedly bedded a consulate employee, a single mom who fell in love with him.
She called him a hero and that if not for him, the 30 people inside the consulate would not have made it out.
It is the first time for the consulate to bring sculpture work to the city.
If they like though, they can and should contact their consulate for assistance.
A consular spokeswoman yesterday denied they work for the consulate and said she could find nobody by those names on an internal employee list.
Despite his cool demeanor, his meeting at the consulate had obviously rattled him.
He figured out who the person in charge of the consulate was.
All right, first of all, the embassy is the former consulate.
Service staff for an embassy or consulate, from the kitchen employees to the valets, have no immunity whatsoever.
From Slate
Sometimes even a small problem at a consulate can result in a lengthy delay in your getting your visa.
The gathering initially started out with dozens of people, but quickly grew to hundreds outside of the consulate.
This is the administration that had all sorts of information sitting around the consulate.
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Translations of consulate

in Chinese (Traditional)
領事館…
in Chinese (Simplified)
领事馆…
in Spanish
consulado, consulado [masculine]…
in Portuguese
consulado, consulado [masculine]…
in more languages
in Turkish
in French
in Japanese
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
konsolosluk…
consulat [masculine], consulat…
領事館(りょうじかん)…
consulaat…
konzulát, ambasáda…
konsulat…
konsulat…
สถานกงสุล…
tòa lãnh sự…
konsulat…
konsulat…
konsulat…
das Konsulat…
konsulat [neuter], konsulat…
консульство, консулат…
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