patriciate

Example Sentences

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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)

Upon the breaking down of the aristocracy of birth, the patriciate, the senate was made accessible to the plebeians who had filled the curule magistracies and were possessed of 800,000 sesterces.

From Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic by Stephenson, Andrew

The flower of the Roman patriciate was wallowing in this monstrous treachery.

From "Unto Caesar" by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

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.