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cliental rare.|klaɪˈɛntəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a client or clients.
1656Blount Glossogr., Cliental, of or belonging to a client. 1757Burke Abridgm. Eng. Hist. Wks. 1842 II. 514 A dependent and cliental relation. 1861Dickens Gt. Expect. II. 5, I sat down in the cliental chair placed over against Mr. Jaggers's chair.
†B. n. Following, clientele. Obs.
1581in Chambers Dom. Ann. Scot. I. 143 He wha..had maist gear, friendship, and cliental, had nane to speak a word for him that day. |