tribuneship

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[trib-yoon-ship, tri-byoon-ship] / ˈtrɪb yunˌʃɪp, trɪˈbyunˌʃɪp /

noun

1. the position or tenure of a tribune.

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Example Sentences

Combined with his ongoing tribuneship and direct rule over the provinces in which most of the Roman army was garrisoned at the time, Augustus’s practical control of the Roman state was unchecked.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

But Clodius, though no longer armed with the tribuneship, was not yet beaten.

From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Shuckburgh, Evelyn S.

Upon his accession to the tribuneship Clodius procured the disgrace of Cicero, and after his flight to Greece, obtained a decree of banishment against him.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

For a moment, even while I cried to them, and shook my hands to them to be silent, there flashed on me the things it meant; the things they had to give, power and tribuneship!

From The Red Cockade by Weyman, Stanley John

Probably it had been stationed there for a period of years, and it is likely that Juvenal filled his tribuneship there.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George