TRIBUNICIAN; TRIBUNITIAL; TRIBUNITIAN Trib`u*ni"cian, Trib`u*ni"tial, Trib`u*ni*tian, a. Etym: [L. tribunicius, tribunitius: cf. F. tribunitien.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to tribunes; befitting a tribune; as, tribunitial power or authority. Dryden. A kind of tribunician veto, forbidding that which is recognized to be wrong. Hare.
TRIBUNITIOUS
Trib`u*ni"tious, a.
Defn: Tribunician; tribunitial. [Obs.] Bacon.
TRIBUTARILY
Trib"u*ta*ri*ly, adv.
Defn: In a tributary manner.
TRIBUTARINESS
Trib"u*ta*ri*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being tributary.
TRIBUTARY Trib"u*ta*ry, a. Etym: [OE. tributaire, F. tributaire, L. tributarius. See Tribute.]
1. Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace. [Julius] unto Rome made them tributary. Chaucer.