clientage
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Much of Roman social life revolved around the system of clientage.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
The library had a limited and dwindling clientage.
From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Arthur Elmore Bostwick
Characteristic of the times was the new form of clientage which was a voluntary association of master and paid retainer.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
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 William Graham Sumner
To his practice in the State courts was united that in patent cases, which not only brought him a lucrative clientage, but largely increased his acquaintance with public men at Washington.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
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