Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRI-BU'NAL, n. [L. tribunal, from tribunus, a tribune, who administered justice.]

1. Properly, the seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.
2. More generally, a court of justice; as, the house of lords in England is the highest tribunal in the kingdom.
3. [Fr. tribunel.] In France, a gallery or eminence in a church or other place, in which the musical performers are placed for a concert.