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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

Patron :: Patron (n.) An advocate or pleader.

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..

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..

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

Fautress :: Fautress (n.) A patroness.

Patronymical :: Patronymical (a.) Same as Patronymic.

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

Transpatronize :: Transpatronize (v. t.) To transfer the patronage of.

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

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..

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