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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Tribunal

/trəb-yo͞on'-əl/ · Tri·bu·nal · IPA /tɹaɪˈbjunəl/
01 n. The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.
  1. 1.
    The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.
  2. 2.
    Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.
02 n. In villages of the Philippine Islands, a kind of townhall. At the tribunal the head men of the village met to transact business, prisoners…
  1. 1.
    In villages of the Philippine Islands, a kind of townhall. At the tribunal the head men of the village met to transact business, prisoners were confined, and troops and travelers were often quartered.