Etymology
Origin of clientage
Example Sentences
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Much of Roman social life revolved around the system of clientage.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
I had a large clientage among the farmers.
From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by Hoar, George Frisbie
He had been quite unable to devote his customary labor to the benefit of his law partnership and the good of their clientage during the two years that he was Mayor of Boston.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 by Various
The medium in which it is to be used and the clientage to which it is intended to appeal must also be constantly borne in mind.
From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 11, November, 1895 The Country Houses of Normandy by Various
I did succeed, in a way, from the beginning, and was not without a good clientage, and some good employments.
From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Keifer, Joseph Warren
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