clientage

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

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

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

He considered that with such a clientage his fortune was assured.

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de

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