patrician
noun
a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
patricianism
-
a word derived from
patrician.
Example Sentences
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In Greece an old manvantara had evolved patricianism and culture; which the pralaya following swept all away, except some relics perhaps in Thebes the isolated and conservative, certainly in Sparta.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris
Society went wild over Mr. Gwynn; it discovered in him treasures of patricianism and a well-bred elegance.
From The President A novel by Alfred Henry Lewis
Lycurgus was wise in his generation when he sought by a rigid system to impose the plebeian virtues on Spartan patricianism.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris
