Sekirov Dictionary

patronage

/ˈpætɹənɪd͡ʒ/

noun 9
verb 2
forms 3

noun9

•
The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
- His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives.
•
Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
- Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them. — 1864
•
Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
- Patronage, nepotism, cronyism, abuse of power, and criminal activity flourish, sometimes for decades, in numerous town halls, police stations, and special-purpose government agencies in the suburbs. — 2015
•
Customers collectively; clientele; business.
- The restaurant had an upper-class patronage.
•
The act or state of being a customer of some business.
- The restaurant had "Thank you for your patronage!" printed on its take-out bags.
A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
•
Patronising speech or behaviour.
- The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage. — 1946
The right of nomination to political office.
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(UK) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
- Advowson is the right of presentation to a church, or ecclesiastical benefice. Advowson, advocatio, signifies the taking into protection; and therefore is synonymous with patronage — 1765

verb2

•
To support by being a patron of.
- Mingdi continued the policy of his father who had patronaged Confucian learning. — 2003
•
To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize
- Mr. F. A. Welch, of the Oak View Poultry Farm, Salem, starts an add with us this issue. […] Our readers will be treated well, if they patronage Mr. Welch. — 1902

forms

patronaged · patronaging · patronages

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