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| trib·une [ trí byn, tri byn ] (plural trib·unes) |
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1. platform: a raised platform for a speaker
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2. bishop's throne or site of it: a bishop's throne, or an apse of a Christian basilica containing the throne
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3. church gallery: a gallery in a Christian church
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| [Mid-18th century. Via French< Italian tribuna "raised platform," alteration of Latin tribunal< tribunus (see tribune1)] |
