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consulate
in
Spare Parts, by Joshua Davis
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On the far side of the bridge, they got into a taxi and drove to a medical clinic a block from the U.S. consulate.†
p. 201.8 *

consulate = a diplomat appointed by a government to live in a foreign country and help its citizens visiting that country; or the offices of that person and assistants
They checked into the Quality Inn, a hotel on the same block as the consulate.†
p. 202.1
The lady at the front desk warned them not to stray far: "This block around the consulate is okay.†
p. 202.1
She also told them to get to the consulate early—the line could stretch around the block.†
p. 202.1
Applicants weren't allowed inside the walls of the consulate.†
p. 202.3
Oscar could have simply said no. The consulate checks for a criminal record but doesn't have the time to dig up the minutiae of every applicant's life.†
p. 202.7
The cabbie often drove this route, doing a brisk business ferrying would-be immigrants from the consulate to the courier company.†
p. 207.2

Definitions:

(1) (consulate)
the offices where a consul works; or a consul (a diplomat appointed by a government to live in a foreign country, help its citizens visiting that country, and protect its commercial interests there)
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Consulate general references a building that serves a consul general (a high ranking consul).