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Clientship :: Clientship (n.) Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron.

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..

Runner :: Runner (n.) One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc..

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..

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

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

Pap :: Pap (n.) Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap..

Collate :: Collate (v. t.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to..

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

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

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

Patronize :: Patronize (v. t.) To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid.

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

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

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

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

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

Voluntaryism :: Voluntaryism (n.) The principle of supporting a religious system and its institutions by voluntary association and effort, rather than by the aid or patronage of the state..

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