clientage

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Feudalism could not be established, however, until the great of the land had adopted them for themselves, and had begun to enter the clientage of others and to hold lands by the precarium tenure.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

I had then got a considerable clientage of my own.

From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by Hoar, George Frisbie

He had a large clientage, especially among that class of Irish Americans who were apt in Massachusetts to vote with the Democratic Party.

From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by Hoar, George Frisbie

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 Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly