tribunate

American  

[trib-yuh-nit, -neyt, trih-byoo-nit, -neyt] / ˈtrɪb yə nɪt, -ˌneɪt, trɪˈbyu nɪt, -neɪt /

noun

1. the office of tribune.

2. a body of tribunes.

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tribunate British  

/ ˈtrɪbjʊnɪt /

noun

1. the office or rank of a tribune

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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

To deter able and ambitious men from seeking the tribunate, it was made a bar to further political office.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

Pompey had stood on the side of the populares and now, like Marius, he found in the tribunate an ally able to aid him in attaining his goal.

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

But in France's later crisis the French tribunate could not be revived; with it disappeared forever the last rallying-point for the scattered remnant still true to the Revolution.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan