patriciate
Example Sentences
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Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the Romans in the year eight hundred; and so the patriciate terminated.
From Notes on the Apocalypse by David Steele
He tried to revive the patriciate; he wanted to have, cooperating with him, a governing class with the ancient sense of responsibility and turn for affairs.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris
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
To the Amsterdam patriciate the yearly visit of the Queen is a social function full of interest.
From Dutch Life in Town and Country by P. M. Hough
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
