Dictionary

patriciate en · NOUN

Etymology

From Medieval Latin patriciātus. By surface analysis, patrician + -ate.

Meanings

1. The rank of a patrician
2. The aristocracy or nobility
   • 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." 1902, Henry James, The Wings of the Dove:
3. the non-noble upper class, or the upper bourgeoisie

Forms

Translations (7)

cs patriciát (aristocracy or nobility) · es patriciado (aristocracy or nobility) · fr patriciat (aristocracy or nobility) · de Patriziat (aristocracy or nobility) · bg аристокрация (aristocracy or nobility) · it patriziato (aristocracy or nobility) · ro patriciat (aristocracy or nobility)