Kommandaturan.
/kɒˌmɑːndəˈtʊərə/ The centre of operation of a military government.
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society > authority > rule or government > seat of rule or government > [noun] > military
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1937 E. Blunden Elegy ii. 31 We met the walls the Roman host Used for their Kommandantur post.
1949 Ann. Reg. 1948 238 The machinery of four-Power rule set up under the Potsdam Agreement, the Allied Control Council and the Berlin Kommandatura, had become more and more an instrument for political propaganda.
1957 H. Roosenburg Walls came tumbling Down iii. 65 We saw several people lugging shot-guns and rifles to the new Kommandatura.
1958 P. Kemp No Colours or Crest x. 220 The miserable Eles..had been a frequent visitor to the German Kommandatur in Peć.
1969 Listener 9 Jan. 35/3 The Soviet Kommandatura in the centre of Prague.
1975 New Yorker 22 Sept. 78/2 The site of the Russian Kommandatura in Leipzig had been shown on the map of the city.
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