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

Patroness :: Patroness (n.) A female patron or helper.

Impetration :: Impetration (n.) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm..

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

Inscription :: Inscription (n.) An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage..

Syndicate :: Syndic (n.) An agent of a corporation, or of any body of men engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee..

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

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

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.

Enpatron :: Enpatron (v. t.) To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize.

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..

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

Protector :: Protector (n.) One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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