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tribunal.

a raised semicircular or square platform, on which the seats of magistrates were placed; tribunal, judgment seat, dais, camp platform

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[trɪˈbuː.naɫ]Classical-Latin[triˈbuː.nal]
  1. a raised semicircular or square platform, on which the seats of magistrates were placed; tribunal, judgment seat, dais, camp platform

    declension-3
    27 - 25 BC . Ab Urbe Condita, Titus Livius, II, Chapter XII. Ubi eo venit, in confertissima turba prope regium tribunal constitit. When he came there, he was standing in the crammed crowd, near the king's tribunal.
  2. cenotaph

    declension-3
  3. a court of law, tribunal; judgment

    declension-3 · metonymically
  4. any platform used for purposes other than above

    broadly · declension-3
  5. mound, dam, embankment

    broadly · declension-3
  6. height, greatness

    declension-3 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Neuter gender of supposed adjective *tribūnālis, from tribūnus (“tribune”), from tribus (“tribe”). Equivalently, tribūnus + -al.

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