Patriciate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nobility or aristocracy.
  • n. The rank, position, or term of office of a patrician.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The rank of a patrician
  • n. The aristocracy or nobility
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The patrician class; the aristocracy; also, the office of patriarch.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The dignity or position of a patrician, in any sense of that word.
  • n. Patricians collectively; the patrician order; the aristocracy.
  • n. The period during which the holder enjoyed the dignity of patrician.
  • Word Usage
    "No one, not even Mrs. Astor, could have turned this tinsel patriciate into a first-rate one."
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