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tribunate

[ trib-yuh-nit, -neyt, trih-byoo-nit, -neyt ]

noun

  1. the office of tribune.
  2. a body of tribunes.


tribunate

/ ˈtrɪbjʊnɪt /

noun

  1. the office or rank of a tribune
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tribunate1

First recorded in 1540–50, tribunate is from the Latin word tribūnātus the office of a tribune. See tribune 1, -ate 3
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Example Sentences

The suppression of the tribunate, therefore, appeared to the general public like final proceedings in bankruptcy.

It is therefore legal for the people to transfer the tribunate, as a consecrated thing, from one man to another.

The political disturbance of the times between the tribunate of Tib.

In the mean time, there had been a new election of members of the Tribunate and of the Legislative body.

His purely political career ended in 1802, when he was eliminated with others from the tribunate for his opposition to Napoleon.

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