tribuneship

American  

[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

Sextus himself had accepted an appointment to a tribuneship in a legion of Cæsar in Gaul.

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns

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.

When he entered on his tribuneship, Lucius Icilius proposed to the commons, and the commons ordered, that the secession from the decemvirs which had taken place should not prove detrimental to any individual.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus

As long as the bills continued to be thrown out year after year, C. Licinius and Sextius were pretty sure of their annual election to the tribuneship.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?