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Definition of Patrician
Pa`tri´cian | a. | 1. | (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians. | | 2. | Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian. | | n. | 1. | (Rom. Antiq.) 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. | | 2. | A person of high birth; a nobleman. | | 3. | One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore. |
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