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Noun: patriciate  pu'tri-shee-ut
  1. Members of the patrician class.
     
  2. The patrician class; the aristocracy; also, the office of patriarch

Derived forms: patriciates

Type of: class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum

Encyclopedia: Patriciate

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