clientage

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

He had a large clientage, especially among that class of Irish Americans who were apt in Massachusetts to vote with the Democratic Party.

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

And what slavery did at Rome for the very poor, the system of clientage did for those of a somewhat higher rank.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

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

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