clientage
Example Sentences
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Much of Roman social life revolved around the system of clientage.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
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 Sumner, William Graham
He was admitted to practice, and with it he rose rapidly both in knowledge of the common law and in securing a paying clientage.
From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace
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 wrote medical treatises which at the time made him a leader in his profession, secured a rich clientage, and prospered greatly.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert
