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patronage
(encz) | patronage,ochrana n: Zdeněk Brož |
patronage
(encz) | patronage,protekce n: Zdeněk Brož |
patronage
(encz) | patronage,záštita n: Jaroslav Šedivý |
Patronage
(gcide) | Patronage \Pa"tron*age\, n. [F. patronage. Cf. LL. patronaticum,
and L. patronatus.]
1. 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.
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2. Business custom. [Commercial Cant]
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3. Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. --Addison.
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4. The right of nomination to political office; also, the
offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer
may bestow by favor.
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5. (Eng. Law) The right of presentation to church or
ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. --Blackstone.
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Patronage
(gcide) | Patronage \Pa"tron*age\, v. t.
To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. [Obs.] --Shak.
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patronage
(wn) | patronage
n 1: the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous
backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with
progressives" [syn: backing, backup, championship,
patronage]
2: customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
[syn: clientele, patronage, business]
3: a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing
the recipient [syn: condescension, disdain, patronage]
4: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making
appointments to office in return for political support
5: the business given to a commercial establishment by its
customers; "even before noon there was a considerable
patronage" [syn: trade, patronage]
v 1: support by being a patron of
2: be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this
store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as
he could" [syn: patronize, patronise, patronage,
support, keep going] |
PATRONAGE
(bouvier) | PATRONAGE. The right of appointing to office; as the patronage of the
president of the United States, if abused, may endanger the liberties of the
people.
2. In the ecclesiastical law, it signifies the right of presentation to
a church or ecclesiastical benefice. 2 Bl. Com. 21.
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patronage
(encz) | patronage,ochrana n: Zdeněk Brožpatronage,protekce n: Zdeněk Brožpatronage,záštita n: Jaroslav Šedivý |
patronage
(wn) | patronage
n 1: the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous
backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with
progressives" [syn: backing, backup, championship,
patronage]
2: customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
[syn: clientele, patronage, business]
3: a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing
the recipient [syn: condescension, disdain, patronage]
4: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making
appointments to office in return for political support
5: the business given to a commercial establishment by its
customers; "even before noon there was a considerable
patronage" [syn: trade, patronage]
v 1: support by being a patron of
2: be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this
store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as
he could" [syn: patronize, patronise, patronage,
support, keep going] |
PATRONAGE
(bouvier) | PATRONAGE. The right of appointing to office; as the patronage of the
president of the United States, if abused, may endanger the liberties of the
people.
2. In the ecclesiastical law, it signifies the right of presentation to
a church or ecclesiastical benefice. 2 Bl. Com. 21.
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