tribunate
Americannoun
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the office of tribune.
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a body of tribunes.
noun
Etymology
Origin of tribunate
First recorded in 1540–50, tribunate is from the Latin word tribūnātus the office of a tribune. See tribune 1, -ate 3
Example Sentences
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The connection between the two lies in the tendency of both: merging tribunate and legislature made it easy to substitute for an elective senate a hereditary house of lords.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
From the quaestorship the official career of the senator led through the regular magistracies, the aedileship or tribunate, and the praetorship, to the consulship.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
The Senate’s control over the magistrates, tribunate, and assemblies.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
His purely political career ended in 1802, when he was eliminated with others from the tribunate for his opposition to Napoleon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
This was directed against M. Octavius, who had been illegally deprived of his tribunate through Tiberius.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
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