clientage

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

For a young man he had already a considerable clientage.

From Unleavened Bread by Grant, Robert

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

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

I can conceive of no life more delightful than that of a lawyer in good health, and with good capacity, and with a sufficient clientage, spent in that manly emulation and honorable companionship.

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