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tribuneship

tribuneship noun: the office of tribune.

Noun

tribuneship (countable and uncountable, plural tribuneships)

  1. (historical) The office of tribune
    • But the burgesses acquitted him; and now he too threw down the gauntlet, became a candidate for the tribuneship of the people, and was nominated to that office for the year 631 in an elective assembly attended by unusual numbers.1854, Theodor Mommsen, The History of Rome, Book IV
  2. (historical) The period in which a person serves as tribune
    • The crimes which had disgraced the stormy tribuneship of Shaftesbury had been fearfully expiated.1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II.
    • He also wanted to found a colony of plebeians on the ruins of Carthage, and when his tribuneship was over he went to Africa to see about it; but when he came home the patricians had arranged an attack on him, and he was insulted by the lictor of the consul Opimius.1880, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Young Folks' History of Rome

Synonyms of tribuneship

Forms of tribuneship

pluraltribuneships

Origin of tribuneship

From tribune + -ship.

Questions about tribuneship

What does tribuneship mean?
Tribuneship means the office of tribune.
What part of speech is tribuneship?
Tribuneship is a noun.
What is the plural of tribuneship?
The plural of tribuneship is tribuneships.

Words near tribuneship in the dictionary

  1. tribunate
  2. tribunates
  3. tribune
  4. tribune of the plebs
  5. tribunes
  6. tribuneship
  7. tribuneships
  8. tribunicial
  9. tribunician
  10. Tribunite
  11. Tribunites

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