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

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

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

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

Pan :: Pan (n.) The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented..

Prestimony :: Prestimony (n.) A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a benefice. The patron in the collator..

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

Client :: Client (n.) A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron..

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..

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..

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..

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

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..

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..

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..

Avowee :: Avowee (n.) The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson.

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

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..

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.

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