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.
One of the officials elected to represent the interests of the common people in ancient Rome. Tribune was also a rank in the Roman army.
In Romanesque church architecture, upper galleries built over the inner aisles.
Upper gallery located perpendicular to the central nave. Reserved for special types of worshippers.
A vaulted gallery which forms or covers the ceiling of an isle.
the apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne
an upper storey over an aisle, opening on to the nave; also called a gallery
Area consisting of the presbytery and apse of a church. In a Roman basilica the tribune was the semi-circular area where the judges sat; in early Christian churches it indicated the seats behind the main altar where the bishop and clergy sat.
1. The apse of a basilica or basilican church. 2. A raised platform or rostrum. 3. The gallery in a church.
An official in ancient Rome, elected by the ordinary people to protect their interests.
Tribune (from the Latin: tribunus; Greek form tribounos) was a title shared by several elected magistracies and other governmental and/or (para)military offices of the Roman Republic and Empire. It derived originally from the representatives of the tribes (tribi) into which the Roman people were divided for military and voting purposes.