clientship
English
Etymology
Noun
clientship (plural clientships)
- The position of a client.
- 1697, Virgil, “Dedication”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- patronage and clientship always descended from the fathers to the sons