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
But we have the greatest confidence that in time we shall thus be able to increase very greatly both the clientage and the usefulness of the university.
From Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions by Cooke, Josiah Parsons
Characteristic of the times was the new form of clientage which was a voluntary association of master and paid retainer.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
It would be absurd for him now to furbish up the rusty weapons of the law and enter again upon the tedious labor of collecting a clientage.
From John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series by Morse, John T. (John Torrey)
He was admitted to practice, and with it he rose rapidly both in knowledge of the common law and in securing a paying clientage.
From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace
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