قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

Having three bracts.

Alt. of Tribular

Of or relating to a tribe; tribal; as, a tribual characteristic; tribular worship.

That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction.

The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.

Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.

Of or pertaining to tribunes; as, tribunary powers or authority.

The state or office of a tribune; tribuneship.

An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by the senate and consuls.

Anciently, a bench or elevated place, from which speeches were delivered; in France, a kind of pulpit in the hall of the legislative assembly, where a member stands while making an address; any place occupied by a public orator.

The office or power of a tribune.

Alt. of Tribunitian

Alt. of Tribunitian

Of or pertaining to tribunes; befitting a tribune; as, tribunitial power or authority.

Tribunician; tribunitial.

of Tributary

The quality or state of being tributary.

Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.

Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior.

Paid in tribute.