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
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Its patriciate, its people, its government were not what government or people or patriciate were in other countries of Western Christendom.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by John Richard Greene
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 Henry James
We are at one in this: the praetorian guard will follow my dictates, the patriciate of Rome will bow the knee to thee.
From "Unto Caesar" by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
The old municipal patriciate, which used to form the connecting link between the bourgeoisie and the nobility, had disappeared, and a feeling of common civic fellowship had taken its place.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
To the Amsterdam patriciate the yearly visit of the Queen is a social function full of interest.
From Dutch Life in Town and Country by P. M. Hough
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