clientage
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Much of Roman social life revolved around the system of clientage.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
And what slavery did at Rome for the very poor, the system of clientage did for those of a somewhat higher rank.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
He had been quite unable to devote his customary labor to the benefit of his law partnership and the good of their clientage during the two years that he was Mayor of Boston.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 by Various
The instructors were Minim priests, and the life was as severe as it could be made with such a clientage under half-educated and inexperienced monks.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
Feudalism could not be established, however, until the great of the land had adopted them for themselves, and had begun to enter the clientage of others and to hold lands by the precarium tenure.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
