patriciate
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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
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
The seventh power was the patriciate, which continued about fifty years.
From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr
Those who have borne it have belonged of right to the true patriciate of their Commonwealth.
From William Hickling Prescott by Harry Thurston Peck
The flower of the Roman patriciate was wallowing in this monstrous treachery.
From "Unto Caesar" by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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