Tribunate

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or office of a tribune. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Latin tribunatus, from tribunus (“tribune, tribal leader”) + -atus (“-ate: forming adjectives”), from tribus (“tribe”). Compare French tribunat.

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