clientage

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

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

To the readers of The Brochure Series this characteristic would doubtless appeal, while it might be of no value in an advertisement intended for a different clientage.

From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Vol. 01, No. 12, December 1895 English Country Houses by Various

But we have the greatest confidence that in time we shall thus be able to increase very greatly both the clientage and the usefulness of the university.

From Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions by Cooke, Josiah Parsons

In South America we also meet with at least one case of a tribe, or part of a tribe, which is in clientage to another tribe.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham