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 Bostwick, Arthur Elmore

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

Besides he had hopes that his clientage would continue to grow so that he would be able to provide all reasonable comforts for his new home.

From Unleavened Bread by Grant, Robert

Harvard is a complex and august institution, possessed of all the attractions which can be lent by age, tradition, learning, continually renewed resources, fortunate situation, widespread clientage, enthusiastic loyalty, and forceful guidance.

From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Palmer, Alice Freeman