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ruling class
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Noun1.ruling class - the class of people exerting power or authority
upper class, upper crust - the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy


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He was born into an aristocratic family, but was a radical republican by persuasion, and often lampooned the ruling classes.
The current African ruling classes must make reparations to the African masses by repairing the damage caused by the former African rulers' participation in the slave trade," he writes.
As James Grubb has shown for Vicenza, and now Ferraro for Brescia, Venetian rectors presided over criminal justice and intervened in local affairs largely to mediate disputes among the natives, but Venice did not impose its own laws on the mainland, leaving intact the provincial political administration and ruling classes, including their prerogatives and privileges.
 
 
 
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