clientage

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Much of Roman social life revolved around the system of clientage.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

I had then got a considerable clientage of my own.

From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by Hoar, George Frisbie

Characteristic of the times was the new form of clientage which was a voluntary association of master and paid retainer.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

Their united clientage included the investors of Great Britain and the Continent, and a popular loan could not be effected without their aid and co-operation.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie

I did succeed, in a way, from the beginning, and was not without a good clientage, and some good employments.

From Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 by Keifer, Joseph Warren