patriciate

Example Sentences

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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 Hough, P. M.

The seventh power was the patriciate, which continued about fifty years.

From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert

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 Morris, Kenneth

Gilbert Osmond had a high appreciation of this particular patriciate; not so much for its distinction, which he thought easily surpassable, as for its solid actuality.

From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by James, Henry

We are at one in this: the praetorian guard will follow my dictates, the patriciate of Rome will bow the knee to thee.

From "Unto Caesar" by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness