Patrician

Word PATRICIAN
Character 9
Hyphenation pa tri cian
Pronunciations /pətɹˈɪʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Patrician"

What do we mean by patrician?

A person of refined upbringing, manners, and tastes. noun

A member of an aristocracy; an aristocrat. noun

A member of one of the noble families of the ancient Roman Republic, which before the third century BC had exclusive rights to the Senate and the magistracies. noun

Used as a title for members of a class of honorary nobility appointed by the Byzantine emperors. noun

A member of the hereditary ruling class in the medieval free cities of Italy and Germany. noun

Belonging to or composed of the patres or fathers (the title of the senators of ancient Rome); hence, of noble birth; noble; senatorial; not plebeian: as, patrician families; patrician influence.

In ancient Rome, a descendant or reputed descendant of one of the original citizen families; hence, in general, a person of noble birth. noun

Under the later Roman empire, a title or dignity conferred by the emperor, often upon persons of plebeian blood, or even upon foreigners. noun

A member of an influential class in certain German and Swiss cities in the middle ages. noun

One who is familiar with the works of the early fathers of the Christian church. noun

A member of a Christian body, probably of the fifth century, followers of one Patricius, who held dualistic doctrines. noun

Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians. adjective

Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian. adjective

Originally, 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 nobility. noun

A person of high birth; a nobleman. noun

One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore. noun

Originally, 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. noun

A person of high birth; a nobleman. noun

One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life. noun

Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians. adjective

(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.

A person of high birth; a nobleman.

One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life.

What stuck up hipsters refer to themselves has on obscure websites you've probabaly never heard of. Alternatively they refer to anyone who does not belong to the elitist social group has plebs or plebians after the roman lower class Urban Dictionary

What true, glorious, superior beings refer to themselves as, after reaching a higher level of existence. A patrician will often call people of lower existence "plebeians" or simply "plebs" for short. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Patrician

The word "patrician" in example sentences

Suppose Obama, the wise patrician, is elected in 2008. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In later years, he was often described as patrician and courtly.

Their resentment prompted them to show that they might have been useful friends, since they could be dangerous enemies: their nerves were braced by adversity: whatever was learned or holy, whatever was noble or valiant, rolled away into the independent states of Trebizond, Epirus, and Nice; and a single patrician is marked by the ambiguous praise of attachment and loyalty to the Franks. ❋ Unknown (1206)

John McCririck summed it up on The Morning Line, dubbing the patrician Nick Luck "Lord Snooty" and the permanently rumpled and windswept even in the studio, somehow Alastair Down "Fat Al". ❋ Unknown (2011)

Bush was an Easterner, with what some would have called a patrician background, but he was not entirely atypical. ❋ Daniel Yergin (2008)

The patrician was the antique aristocrat, one whose family was listed among the Fathers of Rome. ❋ McCullough, Colleen, 1937- (1990)

The patrician was the social superior to the plebeian and his rank was determined by descent. ❋ GEORGE BOAS (1968)

He recognized as never before that the peculiar artificial 'hardness' of the patrician was a brine or pickle, in which, with the instinct of self-preservation they deliberately soaked themselves, to prevent the decay of their overprotected fibre. ❋ John Galsworthy (1900)

He had what most people called a patrician look -- that is to say the air of never having done anything useful in the whole course of his existence -- not such a patrician as a Palmerston, a ❋ Unknown (1875)

(always striving for that permanent seat) as well as among the G7 members (possibly to attain a dream of appearing more "patrician" - as if "Pernambuco" could be ever be seen as the Loire or Rhine Valleys) ❋ Unknown (2009)

Internationally the egocentric low-class "ruler" may intend to be portrayed as a champion of the valiant battle against poverty; thus utilizing this fallacy as yet another argument for increased recognition within the United Nations (always striving for that permanent seat) as well as among the G7 members (possibly to attain a dream of appearing more "patrician" - as if "Pernambuco" could be ever be seen as the Loire or Rhine Valleys) ❋ Unknown (2009)

Alter (1) Charles the great had overthrown the kingdom of the Lombards, he came again - to Rome, and was there by the pope, bifliops, ab - bats, and people of Rome, cliofen Roman patrician, which is the degree of honor and power next to the emperor. ❋ Unknown (1787)

As my mother always said (referring to the most prominent feature of her face that's a lot like his), it's the "patrician" look. ❋ ____Maggie (2008)

person one: whats your favourite track on [in the aeroplane over the sea] person two: whats that person one; get away from mine presence at once dirty [pleb]! oh what would the other patricians think if they saw me near you you dirty monkey! person two: [go to hell] dumbass hipster ❋ HIPSTERSUCK (2012)

[Feels] good to be a [superior] [patrician]. ❋ TheMostSuperior (2013)

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