patriciate

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Upon the breaking down of the aristocracy of birth, the patriciate, the senate was made accessible to the plebeians who had filled the curule magistracies and were possessed of 800,000 sesterces.

From Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic by Stephenson, Andrew

Her name had been bandied about by traitors, her person been bought and sold as the price of the blackest sacrilege that had ever disgraced the patriciate of Rome.

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

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.

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

From Rome by Malleson, Hope

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