rare. [f. as prec. + -AL.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a client or clients.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Cliental, of or belonging to a client.
1757. Burke, Abridgm. Eng. Hist., Wks. 1842, II. 514. A dependent and cliental relation.
1861. Dickens, Gt. Expect., II. 5. I sat down in the cliental chair placed over against Mr. Jaggers’s chair.
† B. sb. Following, clientele. Obs.
1581. in Chambers, Dom. Ann. Scot., I. 143. He wha … had maist gear, friendship, and cliental, had nane to speak a word for him that day.
