Noun:

प्राध्‍यक्ष का निवासस्‍थान, प्राध्‍यक्ष या प्रशासक का पद अथव उसकी अवधि,

prefecture's Usage Examples:

It is the see of a bishop, the seat of the district prefecture and a tribunal, and the headquarters of the territorial militia corps, having besides a large number of regular troops in garrison.

Clermont-Ferrand is the seat of a bishopric and a prefecture and headquarters of the XIII.

Prefecture.

In the prefecture, a building of the 18th century, once the bishop's palace, is a collection of historical portraits.

Angers is the seat of a bishopric, dating from the 3rd century, a prefecture, a court of appeal and a court of assizes.

It is chiefly manufactured in the prefecture of Tsun-i Fu.

One of the principal mining districts is Kai Chow, in the prefecture of Kwei-yang Fu, and this district has the advantage of being situated near Hwang-p`ing Chow, from which place the products can be conveniently and cheaply shipped to Hankow.

This state of things continued until 1648, when a large part of Alsace, comprising the two landgraviates of Upper and Lower Alsace and the prefecture of the ten free imperial towns, was ceded to France by the treaty of Westphalia.

Prefectural roads are maintained by a joint contribution from the government and from the particular prefecture, each paying one-half of the sum needed.

It is the seat of the district prefecture and a tribunal, and has a garrison of regular troops.

Synonyms:

administrative division, administrative district, territorial division,

Antonyms:

disarrange, deglycerolize, electronic mail, email, e-mail,