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.

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

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

Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the Romans in the year eight hundred; and so the patriciate terminated.

From Notes on the Apocalypse by Steele, David

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

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