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Meaning Of Patrician
a.
Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or
senators, or patricians.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high
birth; noble; not plebeian.
n.
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.
n.
A person of high birth; a nobleman.
n.
One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers;
one versed in patristic lore.