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consulate (n.)
late 14c., “government of Rome by the consuls,” from Latin consulatus “office of a consul,” from consul (see consul). Also used in reference to the consular government of France from 1799-1804. In reference to the office of a modern consul in international law, from 1702 (earlier in this sense was consulship, 1610s).
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Lewis Cass
Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and served in the Cabinets of two U.S. Presidents, Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. He was also the 1848 Democratic presidential nominee and a leading spokesman for the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty, which held that the people in each territory should decide whether to permit slavery.
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amalgamate (v.)
1650s, “mix (a metal) with mercury,” a back-formation from amalgamation, or else from obsolete adjective amalgamate (1640s) from amalgam (q.v.). Originally in metallurgy; figurative transitive sense of “to unite” (races, etc.) is attested from 1802; intransitive sense “to combine, unite into one body” is from 1797. Related: Amalgamated; amalgamating. Earlier verbs were amalgam (1540s); amalgamize (1590s).
proclamation (n.)
late 14c., proclamacioun, “act of making public,” also “that which is proclaimed;” from Old French proclamacion (14c., Modern French proclamation) and directly from Late Latin proclamationem (nominative proclamatio) “a calling out, crying out,” noun of action from past-participle stem of proclamare “to cry or call out” (see proclaim).