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

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

Padrone :: Padrone (n.) A patron; a protector.

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

Patrocination :: Patrocination (n.) The act of patrocinating or patronizing.

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

Barber :: Barber (n.) One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons..

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