'Tribunal' definitions:
Definition of 'tribunal'
(from WordNet)
noun
An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business [syn: court, tribunal, judicature]
Definition of 'Tribunal'
From: GCIDE
- Tribunal \Tri*bu"nal\, n. [L. tribunal, fr. tribunus a tribune who administered justice: cf. F. tribunal. See Tribune.]
- 1. The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tribunal'
From: GCIDE
- Tribunal \Tri`bu*nal"\, n. [Sp.] 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'tribunal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advisory body,
- assembly,
- association,
- balcony,
- bar,
- bench,
- board,
- body of advisers,
- borough council,
- brain trust,
- British Cabinet,
- cabinet,
- camarilla,
- catafalque,
- chamber,
- city council,
- common council,
- conference,
- congress,
- consultative assembly,
- council,
- council fire,
- council of ministers,
- council of state,
- council of war,
- county council,
- court,
- court of justice,
- curial,
- dais,
- deliberative assembly,
- diet,
- directory,
- divan,
- emplacement,
- estrade,
- floor,
- gallery,
- heliport,
- hustings,
- judicial,
- judiciary,
- junta,
- kitchen cabinet,
- landing,
- landing pad,
- landing stage,
- launching pad,
- legislature,
- parish council,
- platform,
- podium,
- privy council,
- pulpit,
- rostrum,
- Sanhedrin,
- soapbox,
- soviet,
- staff,
- stage,
- step terrace,
- stump,
- syndicate,
- synod,
- terrace,
- tribune,
- US Cabinet