clientage

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

The library had a limited and dwindling clientage.

From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Bostwick, Arthur Elmore

And what slavery did at Rome for the very poor, the system of clientage did for those of a somewhat higher rank.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

The instructors were Minim priests, and the life was as severe as it could be made with such a clientage under half-educated and inexperienced monks.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

I had a large clientage among the farmers.

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