Patricianship, the quality of belonging to a patriciate, began in the ancient world, where cities such as Ancient Rome had a social class of patrician families, whose members were initially the only people allowed to exercise many political functions. Wikipedia

The governing elites of cities in parts of medieval and Early Modern Europe Wikipedia Disambiguation

Villa that was built during the Patrician period. OmegaWiki

A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate. Wiktionary