Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PA-TRI'CIAN
PA-TRI'CIAN, a. [Fr. patricien; L. patricius, from pater, father.]
Senatorial; noble; not plebeian. This epithet is derived from the Roman patres, fathers, the title of Roman senators; as, patrician birth or blood; patrician families. – Addison.
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