patriciate

Example Sentences

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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

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 James, Henry

By procuring the transference of the patriciate from the Roman people to himself Henry assured his influence over the appointment of the popes, and accordingly also nominated the successors of Clement II.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

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

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