patriciate

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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."
  3. the non-noble upper class, or the upper bourgeoisie

词形变化

patriciates plural

词源

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