clientage

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Behind his modest screen he sat waiting for a clientage that never came, while through a hole he could see a steady crowd go pouring into the gilded doors across the way.

From The Invisible Censor by Hackett, Francis

He is now in practice in San Francisco, and has a large clientage.

From Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State by Field, Stephen Johnson

Harvard is a complex and august institution, possessed of all the attractions which can be lent by age, tradition, learning, continually renewed resources, fortunate situation, widespread clientage, enthusiastic loyalty, and forceful guidance.

From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Palmer, Alice Freeman

Bridges695 says that one Fuegian is thrown into clientage to another by their mode of life.

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