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Definition of "tribunate" [trib•u•nate]

  • The rank, office, dignity, or authority of a tribune. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tribunate" in a sentence
  • "The tribunates were -- the tribunate was a people ` s council, sort of, made up of 10 tribunes, who had some remarkable powers for that day."
  • "This body, which I shall call the tribunate, is the preserver of the laws and of the legislative power."
  • "As to different modes of elections and institutions, such as tribunate, dictatorship, censure, etc., the history of the ancient republics of Rome and Greece, of Sparta especially, can teach us something about their value."