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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_103822" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_103822" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A senator; a counselor. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) One of the two chief magistrates of the republic. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) One of the three chief magistrates of [[France]] from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_34079" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_34079" /> == | ||
<p> ( | <p> ( '''''Ὕπατος''''' , i.e. [[Highest]] in office), a title applied ( 1 [[Maccabees]] 15:16) to [[Lucius]] (q.v.), the Roman officer, whose communication to [[Ptolemy]] is there cited. The Sept. elsewhere uses the same Greek term as a rendering of the Chald. '''''אֲחִשְׁדִּרְפְּנַין''''' , [[Satraps]] ("princes," Daniel 3:2-3), and '''''הִד''''' '''''בְרַין''''' , ''Viziers'' ("counsellors, Daniel 6:7, etc.). It is often used by classical Greek writers for the Roman consul. (See [[Rome]]). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_71251" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_71251" /> == | ||
