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See also:TRIBUNE (med. See also:Lat. tribune, from classical Lat. tribunal)
, in See also:architecture, the See also:term given to the semicircular See also:apse of the See also:Roman See also:basilica, with a raised See also:platform, where the presiding See also:magistrate sat; subsequently applied generally to any raised structure from which speeches were delivered and to the private See also:box of the See also:emperor at the See also:Circus See also:Maximus
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In See also:Christian basilicas the term is retained for the semicircular See also:recess behind the See also:choir, as at S
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Clemente in See also:Rome, S
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Apollinare in Classe, See also:Ravenna, S
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See also:Zeno at See also:Verona, S
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Miniato near See also:Florence, and other churches
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The term is also loosely applied to various other raised spaces in See also:secular as well as ecclesiastical buildings, in the latter sometimes in the See also:place of " See also:pulpit," as in that of the See also:refectory of St See also: |
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