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patriciate
CIDE DICTIONARY
patriciate, n.
The patrician class; the aristocracy; also, the office of patriarch. Milman. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
patriciate, n.
1 a patrician order; an aristocracy.
2 the rank of patrician.
1 a patrician order; an aristocracy.
2 the rank of patrician.
Etymology
L patriciatus (as PATRICIAN)
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