patriciate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The aristocracy or nobility
noun
the non-noble upper class, or the upper bourgeoisie
Example Sentences
- "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.""
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: patriciātus