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tribunician

UK/tɹɪbjuːˈnɪʃən/

tribunician adjective: pertaining to a Roman tribune.

Adjective

tribunician (comparative more tribunician, superlative most tribunician)

  1. (Ancient-Rome) Pertaining to a Roman tribune.
    • In Rome, the crucial step is taken of offering Octavian the tribunician powers for life: tribunes had personal immunity and important powers of veto.2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin, published 2009, page 123

Forms of tribunician

comparativemore tribunician
superlativemost tribunician
alternative formtribunicial
alternative formtribunitian

Origin of tribunician

From Latin tribunicius + -an.

Questions about tribunician

What does tribunician mean?
Tribunician means pertaining to a Roman tribune.
What part of speech is tribunician?
Tribunician is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tribunician?
Tribunician is pronounced /tɹɪbjuːˈnɪʃən/ (UK).

Words near tribunician in the dictionary

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

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