patriciate
Americannoun
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the patrician class.
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patrician rank.
noun
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the dignity, position, or rank of a patrician
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the class or order of patricians
Etymology
Origin of patriciate
1650–60; < Medieval Latin patriciātus equivalent to Latin patrici(us) ( see patrician) + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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In a growing patriciate home had become a weariness, marriage a form, children a trouble, and the decline of motherhood an alarming fact.
From Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ by Bacheller, Irving
Gilbert Osmond had a high appreciation of this particular patriciate; not so much for its distinction, which he thought easily surpassable, as for its solid actuality.
From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by James, Henry
He has nowhere written that territorial riches were the exclusive appanage of the patriciate.
From Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic by Stephenson, Andrew
The patriciate succeeded the imperial, being the seventh head, and only of short duration, about fifty years.
From Notes on the Apocalypse by Steele, David
He tried to revive the patriciate; he wanted to have, cooperating with him, a governing class with the ancient sense of responsibility and turn for affairs.
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 Morris, Kenneth
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