patriciate

Example Sentences

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We have still to speak of the directly political functions of the rich, or, as M. Comte terms them, the patriciate.

From Auguste Comte and Positivism by Mill, John Stuart

Those who have borne it have belonged of right to the true patriciate of their Commonwealth.

From William Hickling Prescott by Peck, Harry Thurston

The oligarchical rule was so severe, that a patrician marrying a woman of the lower class forfeited his right to participate in the government, and deprived his offspring of the patriciate.

From The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern by Goldoni, Carlo

When Paul Diacre says, that Charles added Rome to his States from the year 774; it is according to Duquet an hyperbolical expression53 since Charles himself was satisfied with the simple patriciate.

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

Among the districts of Italy some have and some have not a patriciate.

From Rome by Malleson, Hope