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Usurp :: Usurp (v. t.) To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him..

Intrusionist :: Intrusionist (n.) One who intrudes; especially, one who favors the appointment of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of the parishioners..

Patron :: Patron (v. t.) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.

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

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 encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art..

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

Patronized :: Patronized (imp. & p. p.) of Patroniz.

Royal :: Royal (a.) Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society..

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..

Impatronizing :: Impatronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impatroniz.

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..

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..

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

Patronymic :: Patronymic (a.) Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination..

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

Avowry :: Avowry (n.) An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.

Patron :: Patron (n.) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.

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..

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

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