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Heeler :: Heeler (n.) A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.

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

Patronize :: Patronize (v. t.) To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals..

Patron :: Patron (n.) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him..

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

Patronage :: Patronage (n.) Business custom.

Patron :: Patron (n.) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.

Monarch :: Monarch (n.) A patron deity or presiding genius.

Donative :: Donative (n.) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3..

Patronate :: Patronate (n.) The right or duty of a patron; patronage.

Hoity-toity :: Hoity-toity (a.) Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt..

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

Advowson :: Advowson (n.) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.].

Defensor :: Defensor (n.) The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.

Dedicate :: Dedicate (v. t.) To inscribe or address, as to a patron..

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc..

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..

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

Fautor :: Fautor (n.) A favorer; a patron; one who gives countenance or support; an abettor.

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..

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