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

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

In South America we also meet with at least one case of a tribe, or part of a tribe, which is in clientage to another tribe.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

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