clientage
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Much of Roman social life revolved around the system of clientage.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
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 William Graham Sumner
Amongst all South African tribes the rich exert their power to subjugate the poor, who hang upon them in a kind of clientage, hoping to receive something.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
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 Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
The medium in which it is to be used and the clientage to which it is intended to appeal must also be constantly borne in mind.
From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 11, November, 1895 The Country Houses of Normandy by Various
