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/pˈætrənɪdʒ/ /pˈeɪtrənədʒ/ /pˈeɪtrənɪdʒ/ Listen

noun

Patronage n.

Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author.

Business custom. (Commercial Cant)

Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.

The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor.

(Eng. Law) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.

verb

Patronage v. t. To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Patronage'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Patronage" Quotes from Famous Books

... I know what such kindness is. A sweet, gentle indifference, that for ever keeps you at arms' length, or that proud patronage of manner, which is more galling still. Oh, yes, I have felt ...

— Mabel's Mistake • Ann S. Stephens

... collection had been related. 'Talmage must be a caution.... I suppose you're staying at the Five Towns Hotel?' he inquired, with an implication in his voice that there was no other hotel in the district fit for the patronage of a man of the world. ...

— Leonora • Arnold Bennett

... the greater part of North America; after which, still in company with Dampier, and possessor of a pretty fortune, he returned to England, where the recital of his adventures, already made public, secured him the most honorable patronage and friendship. Among his friends, may be reckoned Steele, the co-laborer, the rival of Addison, who consecrated a long chapter to him in his publication ...

— The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or The Real Robinson Crusoe • Joseph Xavier Saintine

... "As far as my patronage is concerned, certainly. In fact, such an appointment would not express the sentiments—indeed, I may say, would be calculated to raise active opposition in ...

— Drift from Two Shores • Bret Harte

... a new-chum is, throughout the colonies, regarded as food for mirth. He is treated with good-humoured contempt and kindly patronage. He is looked upon as a legitimate butt, and a sort of grown-up and incapable infant. His doings are watched with interest, to see what new eccentricities he will develop; and shouts of laughter are raised at every fresh tale of some new-chum's inexperienced attempts and failures. Half ...

— Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) - or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand • William Delisle Hay

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