Patricianism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The rank or character of patricians. uncountable, usually

    "Here at last, it would seem, simple manhood is to have a chance to play his stake against Fortune with honest dice, uncogged by those three hoary sharpers, Prerogative, Patricianism, and Priestcraft."

Example

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"Here at last, it would seem, simple manhood is to have a chance to play his stake against Fortune with honest dice, uncogged by those three hoary sharpers, Prerogative, Patricianism, and Priestcraft."

Etymology

From patrician + -ism.

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