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

Collative :: Collative (a.) Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.

Patronizing :: Patronizing (a.) Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another.

Patrocinate :: Patrocinate (v. t.) To support; to patronize.

Patronage :: Patronage (n.) Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care..

Dedication :: Dedication (n.) An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor..

Patronize :: Patronize (v. t.) To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.

Collate :: Collate (v. i.) To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary..

Patronage :: Patronage (n.) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.

Provision :: Provision (n.) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation..

Protector :: Protector (n.) One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron..

Padrone :: Padrone (n.) A patron; a protector.

Patronage :: 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..

Patron :: Patron (n.) One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender..

Crispin :: Crispin (n.) A shoemaker; -- jocularly so called from the patron saint of the craft.

Impatronize :: Impatronize (v. t.) To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory..

Auspice :: Auspice (a.) Protection; patronage and care; guidance.

Patronymic :: Patronymic (n.) A modification of the father's name borne by the son; a name derived from that of a parent or ancestor; as, Pelides, the son of Peleus; Johnson, the son of John; Macdonald, the son of Donald; Paulowitz, the son of Paul; also, the surname of a family; the family name..

George :: George (n.) A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter..

Patronizing :: Patronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Patroniz.

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