clientage
Example Sentences
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Much of Roman social life revolved around the system of clientage.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
He wrote medical treatises which at the time made him a leader in his profession, secured a rich clientage, and prospered greatly.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle
Amongst all South African tribes the rich exert their power to subjugate the poor, who hang upon them in a kind of clientage, hoping to receive something.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
Besides he had hopes that his clientage would continue to grow so that he would be able to provide all reasonable comforts for his new home.
From Unleavened Bread by Robert Grant
But we have the greatest confidence that in time we shall thus be able to increase very greatly both the clientage and the usefulness of the university.
From Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions by Josiah Parsons Cooke
