tribunate

English

Etymology

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

Noun

tribunate (countable and uncountable, plural tribunates)

1. The state or office of a tribune.

Synonyms

• tribuneship

Translations

state or office of a tribune

• Dutch: tribunaat (nl) n
• French: tribunat (fr) m
• Latin: tribunatus m
• Romanian: tribunat (ro) n

References

• “tribunate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• intratube, tube train, turbinate