tribune
noun
a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.
tribunitial
-
a word derived from
tribune.
Example Sentences
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That which follows, The tribunitial dignity and power: Both which Sejanus is to have this day Conferr'd upon him, and by public senate.
From Sejanus: His Fall by Ben Jonson
The concession which followed of the tribunitial veto was only a further development.
From The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny by Orestes Augustus Brownson
It is not an unusual misconception that this organic change in the government involved the simultaneous extinction of the tribunitial office and title.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Yet, withal, he plainly touches at the office of the high-priesthood, with which Augustus was invested and which made his person more sacred and inviolable than even the tribunitial power.
From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by John Dryden
The late tribunitial ministry has transmitted to us as its monument little beyond the disclosure of a chronic disposition to tyranny and periodical fluctuations of preponderance.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
