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tribunate

[ trib-yuh-nit, -neyt, trih-byoo-nit, -neyt ]

noun

  1. the office of tribune.
  2. a body of tribunes.


tribunate

/ ˈٰɪʊɪ /

noun

  1. the office or rank of a tribune
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of tribunate1

First recorded in 1540–50, tribunate is from the Latin word ٰūٳܲ the office of a tribune. See tribune 1, -ate 3
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Example Sentences

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In Rome, for example, this took the form of the tribunate, an elected council of plebes endowed with veto power.

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Daru now returned, for a time, mainly to civil life, and entered the tribunate, where he ably maintained the principles of democratic liberty.

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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.

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The political disturbance of the times between the tribunate of Tib.

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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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