clientage

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Vaudrey caused these urgent people, as well as some others, to be received by Warcolier, who asked nothing better than to make tools, to sow the seed of his clientage.

From His Excellency the Minister by Roberts, Henri

Amongst all South African tribes the rich exert their power to subjugate the poor, who hang upon them in a kind of clientage, hoping to receive something.

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

He is now in practice in San Francisco, and has a large clientage.

From Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State by Field, Stephen Johnson

But we have the greatest confidence that in time we shall thus be able to increase very greatly both the clientage and the usefulness of the university.

From Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions by Cooke, Josiah Parsons