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Patron :: Patron (n.) See Padrone, 2..

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

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

Nepotism :: Nepotism (n.) Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim..

Urania :: Urania (n.) One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy..

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

Enpatron :: Enpatron (v. t.) To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize.

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

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

Patron :: Patron (a.) Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.

Patronizer :: Patronizer (n.) One who patronizes.

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..

Patronal :: Patronal (a.) Patron; protecting; favoring.

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..

Usurper :: Usurper (n.) One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron..

Patron :: Patron (n.) One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art..

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

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

Competition :: Competition (n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with..

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

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