patrician
see also: Patrician
Pronunciation
Patrician
Adjective
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see also: Patrician
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pətɹˈɪʃən/
patrician (plural patricians)
- (antiquity) A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.
- c. 1588–1593, William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene i], page 31 ↗, column 1:
- Noble Patricians, Patrons of my right, / Defend the iuſtice of my Cauſe with Armes.
- A person of high birth; a nobleman.
- One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life.
patrician
- Of or pertaining to the Roman patres ("fathers") or senators, or patricians.
- Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.
- 1829, Walter Scott, Anne of Geierstein:
- born in the patrician file of society
- 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, published 1712, [Act 1, scene 1]:
- his horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood
Patrician
Adjective
patrician (not comparable)
- Of or relating to Saint Patrick.
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