patriciate

American  

[puh-trish-ee-it, -ayt] / pəˈtrɪʃ i ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

noun

1. the patrician class.

2. patrician rank.

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patriciate British  

/ pəˈtrɪʃɪɪt, -ˌeɪt /

noun

1. the dignity, position, or rank of a patrician

2. the class or order of patricians

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Etymology

Origin of patriciate

1650–60; < Medieval Latin patriciātus equivalent to Latin patrici(us) ( see patrician) + -ātus -ate ¹

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Example Sentences

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patriciate

Foremost among these was the great commercial capital, Amsterdam, whose rich burgher patriciate did not scruple on occasion to defy the authority of the States-General, the stadholder and even of the States of Holland themselves.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

Lady Barb verily appeared to have for the representative of the American patriciate a mysterious fascination. 

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by Henry James

When Paul Diacre says, that Charles added Rome to his States from the year 774; it is according to Duquet an hyperbolical expression53 since Charles himself was satisfied with the simple patriciate.

From The Power Of The Popes by Pierre Claude Fran?ois Daunou

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 Irving Bacheller

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

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