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In the later Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire: a person on whom had been bestowed the title patricius or πατρἴκιος, a non-hereditary honorific…
A member of the patrician order in ancient Rome. Also in extended use: a noble, an aristocrat. Usually in plural.