Patriciate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Patriciate is a noun meaning The rank of a patrician.
Meaning
The rank of a patrician.
More Meanings
- The aristocracy or nobility
- the non-noble upper class, or the upper bourgeoisie
Example Sentences
The idea of his frivolity had, no doubt, to do with his personal designation, which represented—as yet, for our young woman, a little confusedly—a connection with an historic patriciate, a class that, in turn, also confusedly, represented an affinity with a social element that she had never heard otherwise described than as "fashion."
Word Forms
- patriciates
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include patricianism, patricianhood, patricianship, patrician, patritian, patrocinium.
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