patriciate

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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