camarilla

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He assembled a little camarilla of army officers and aristocrats and last winter began making secret trips to Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

When President von Hindenburg dropped BrÜning, who had been his protege, the German military camarilla which had maneuvered BrÜning out suggested von Papen to the ancient President, who made him his new protege.

From Time Magazine Archive

One result: today, the old, meddling palace camarilla which made and unmade Premiers in backstairs intrigues is gone.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, on the following day Miliukoff rose in the Duma and made a second and more powerful attack upon the camarilla, singling out Protopopoff as one of the worst offenders.

From The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia by Le Queux, William

The victorious troops were still at some distance, the Queen and her camarilla had fled across the frontier, the Government had vanished, and the people were a law unto themselves.

From Spanish Life in Town and Country by Dawson, William Harbutt