patricians

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He’s one of those sci-fi characters whose normal Earthman name distinguishes him as a plebe among patricians.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2024

Versatile and assured, Sternhagen played women who were folksy, regal, plain-spoken and glamorous, although she had a special fondness for dotty eccentrics and snobby patricians.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

The patricians were the aristocratic elite, who alone could hold public office and sit in the Senate.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The Tribal Assembly was likewise divided into thirty-five tribes based on place of residence, with each tribe casting one vote, but both plebeians and patricians could attend.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Constantine, anxious to restore the ancient patricians, had invented this personal title of patrician, to be given to the governor or first magistrate of the city of Rome.

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