clientage
Example Sentences
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Much of Roman social life revolved around the system of clientage.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
The instructors were Minim priests, and the life was as severe as it could be made with such a clientage under half-educated and inexperienced monks.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
And what slavery did at Rome for the very poor, the system of clientage did for those of a somewhat higher rank.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
I can conceive of no life more delightful than that of a lawyer in good health, and with good capacity, and with a sufficient clientage, spent in that manly emulation and honorable companionship.
From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by George Frisbie Hoar
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 Stephen Johnson Field
