patricians

Example Sentences

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He’s one of those sci-fi characters whose normal Earthman name distinguishes him as a plebe among patricians.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2024

Versatile and assured, Sternhagen played women who were folksy, regal, plain-spoken and glamorous, although she had a special fondness for dotty eccentrics and snobby patricians.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

The patricians were the aristocratic elite, who alone could hold public office and sit in the Senate.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

When Rome was under threat, the plebeians could gain leverage with the patricians by refusing to fight until their demands were met.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

One thing only enables us to guess with something like assurance who among the patricians of those days owned the villa—namely the library.

From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.