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tribunate
[ trib-yuh-nit, -neyt, trih-byoo-nit, -neyt ]
noun
- the office of tribune.
- a body of tribunes.
tribunate
/ ˈtrɪbjʊnɪt /
noun
- the office or rank of a tribune
Word History and Origins
Origin of tribunate1
Example Sentences
In Rome, for example, this took the form of the tribunate, an elected council of plebes endowed with veto power.
Daru now returned, for a time, mainly to civil life, and entered the tribunate, where he ably maintained the principles of democratic liberty.
The year 133 b.c., the date of the first tribunate of Tiberius Gracchus, has the same kind of significance as the year 1789 A.D.
The political disturbance of the times between the tribunate of Tib.
He was appointed a member of the tribunate, but Napoleon, finding that he was not sufficiently tractable, had him expelled at the first “purge,” and Ginguen� returned to his literary pursuits.
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