What does tribuneship mean?
Tribuneship means (historical) The office of tribune.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(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.
The crimes which had disgraced the stormy tribuneship of Shaftesbury had been fearfully expiated.
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.
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Tribuneship means (historical) The office of tribune.
Common synonyms include tribunate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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