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Protectorate vs Prorectorate - What's the difference?

protectorate | prorectorate |

As nouns the difference between protectorate and prorectorate

is that protectorate is government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of england by oliver cromwell while prorectorate is the office or position of prorector.

protectorate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Government by a protector; -- applied especially to the government of England by Oliver Cromwell.
  • The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs.
  • An autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity.

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    prorectorate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The office or position of prorector.
    • (Webster 1913)