patriciate

Example Sentences

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The seventh, or future one, was the patriciate.

From The Last Reformation by Smith, F. G. (Frederick George)

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 James, Henry

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

Among the districts of Italy some have and some have not a patriciate.

From Rome by Malleson, Hope

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