Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A part or division of a prefecture; also, the office or authority of a subprefect.

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  • noun An administrative division of a country that is below prefecture.

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ prefecture

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Examples

  • Transportation was handled by designated transportation commissioners, and mines were under local officials of prefecture (fu), subprefecture (zhou), county (xian), and subcounty (ting) where mines were located.

    Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

  • In late 1899, when the subprefecture investigated him, it returned the following somewhat contradictory report: M.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • Always reticent and publicity-shy, after 1956 he appears to have had no further connection with the affair until August 1973, when he wrote to the subprefecture at Saint-Julien declaring that he had resigned as president of the “Association du Prieuré de Sion.”

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • On May 7, 1956, the subprefecture at Saint-Julien-en-Genevois in thedépartement administrative region of Haute-Savoie—on the border with Switzerland, not far from Geneva—received a request for registration1from the officials of an “association” calling itself the Priory of Sion, subtitled CIRCUIT.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • In 1980 it was claimed that the statutes deposited with the Saint-Julien subprefecture in 1956 were effectively just dummies for the record, while the real statutes were not for public consumption.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • In 1980 it was claimed that the statutes deposited with the Saint-Julien subprefecture in 1956 were effectively just dummies for the record, while the real statutes were not for public consumption.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • Always reticent and publicity-shy, after 1956 he appears to have had no further connection with the affair until August 1973, when he wrote to the subprefecture at Saint-Julien declaring that he had resigned as president of the “Association du Prieuré de Sion.”

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • When word of the visits reached the local subprefecture—who were very wary, as relations with Germany were shaky and spy scares were common—they interviewed the visitor, and their report was sent to the Deuxième Bureau the French MI5 in Paris.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • On May 7, 1956, the subprefecture at Saint-Julien-en-Genevois in thedépartement administrative region of Haute-Savoie—on the border with Switzerland, not far from Geneva—received a request for registration1from the officials of an “association” calling itself the Priory of Sion, subtitled CIRCUIT.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • In late 1899, when the subprefecture investigated him, it returned the following somewhat contradictory report: M.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

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