clientage

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

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

On the other hand, you will find at the other extreme of intelligence, among your clientage of readers, those who are completely familiar with books and their uses.

From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Spofford, Ainsworth Rand

Bridges695 says that one Fuegian is thrown into clientage to another by their mode of life.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

I had then got a considerable clientage of my own.

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