prefecture

• So now the prime mover in the revolt was in prison While this was going on at the prefecture, the troops assembled at the Place D'armes were awaiting the hour of the parade which would also be that of the beginning of the revolt. —  The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot
• A more flexible instrument had been put into his prefecture, a new legislative body had been elected to give a false appearance of parliamentary government, and an autocratic system had been established which M. Gindriez believed destined to a prolonged duration, though he felt sure that it could not last forever. —  Philip Gilbert Hamerton
• The old palace of the bishops was used as the prefecture, where Ferdinand's father had his office. —  Foch the Man
• In Shizuoka prefecture, the police received an emergency call "I found a body". —  watashi to tokyo
• Fujitsu's HDD business includes a component plant in Japan's Nagano prefecture, the Yamagata Fujitsu drive media subsidiary, and drive manufacturing plants in the Philippines and Thailand. —  Channel Register

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms