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 Sullan régime was at an end, and in the tribunate emancipated from the Senate’s control the ambitious general of the future was to find his most valuable ally.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
Development of the tribunate and the comitia tributa.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
From the passing of the Hortensian Law in 287 B. C. to the tribunate of Tiberius Gracchus in 133 B. C. the Senate exercised a practically unchallenged control over the policy of the Roman state.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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 had been for 300 years the darling object of the Roman tribes—the daily attraction and rallying word of the populace—the signal of discord, and most powerful engine of the seditious tribunate.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John
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