clientela

clientēla ae, f

cliens, clientship, patronage, protection, the relation of a client to his patron : in clientelam Nobis dedit se, T.: in cuius fide sint et clientelā, whose clients they are.—Plur., clients, dependants : amplissimas clientelas accipere a maioribus: provinciales: esse Pompei clientelas in provinciā, bodies of clients , Cs.—Of nations: magnae (Aeduorum) erant clientelae, allies, dependants , Cs.