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tribunate [trib-yuh-nit, -neyt, trih-byoo-nit, -neyt] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- the office of tribune.
- a body of tribunes.
Origin of tribunate First recorded in 1540–50, tribunate is from the Latin word tribūnātus the office of a tribune. See tribune1, -ate3 Examples from the Web for tribunate Historical Examples of tribunate
The political disturbance of the times between the tribunate of Tib.
The Roman Poets of the Republic
William Young Sellar
Commencement of the disturbances under the tribunate of Tib.
A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig) Heeren
It was divided into council, tribunate, legislature, and senate.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
William Milligan Sloane
In 1801 he was made a member of the Tribunate, and in 1805 a senator.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2
Various
He easily appointed the Senators, but it was different with the Tribunate.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
British Dictionary definitions for tribunate tribunate tribuneship noun
- the office or rank of a tribune