clientage
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Much of Roman social life revolved around the system of clientage.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Later, the "fibbouses" abounded more and more plenteously, as her clientage increased, and she applied the term indiscriminately, regardless whether the recipient were an Apollo, or a mere Diana.
From The Brentons by Dexter, Wilson C.
He had been quite unable to devote his customary labor to the benefit of his law partnership and the good of their clientage during the two years that he was Mayor of Boston.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 by Various
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
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
