patriciate

Example Sentences

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To the Amsterdam patriciate the yearly visit of the Queen is a social function full of interest.

From Dutch Life in Town and Country by Hough, P. M.

The seventh power was the patriciate, which continued about fifty years.

From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert

Among the districts of Italy some have and some have not a patriciate.

From Rome by Malleson, Hope

The seventh, or future one, was the patriciate.

From The Last Reformation by Smith, F. G. (Frederick George)

Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the Romans in the year eight hundred; and so the patriciate terminated.

From Notes on the Apocalypse by Steele, David