tribunate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin tribunatus, from tribunus (“tribune, tribal leader”) + -atus (“-ate: forming adjectives”), from tribus (“tribe”). Compare French tribunat.
Noun
edittribunate (countable and uncountable, plural tribunates)
- The state or office of a tribune.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editstate or office of a tribune
References
edit- “tribunate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.