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Patronage
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.
2. Business custom. [Commercial Cant]
3. Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. --Addison.
4. The right of nomination to political office; also, the
offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer
may bestow by favor.
5. (Eng. Law) The right of presentation to church or
ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. --Blackstone.
Patronage
Patronage Pa"tron*age, v. t.
To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. [Obs.] --Shak.
Meaning of Patronage from wikipedia
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Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or
financial aid that an
organization or
individual bestows on another. In the
history of art, art...
- Look up
patronage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or
financial aid that an
organization or individual...
- In
politics and government, a
spoils system (also
known as a
patronage system) is a
practice in
which a
political party,
after winning an election, gives...
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Royal patronage may
refer to:
Fount of honour, a
representative of a
sovereign or
formerly sovereign entity who, by
virtue of his or her
official position...
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Patronage concentration is a term used in
marketing and retailing. It is the
share of an
individual consumer's
expenditures in an
industry or
retail sector...
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Patronage (clientela) was the
distinctive relationship in
ancient Roman society between the
patronus ('patron') and
their cliens ('client').
Apart from...
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Christian churches,
Saint George is
connected with a
large number of
patronages throughout the world, and his
iconography can be
found on the
flags and...
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Parochial patronage refers to
several Catholic and
Protestant organizations initially dedicated to the po****r
education of
underprivileged young people...
- The
Padroado (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɐðɾuˈaðu], "
patronage") was an
arrangement between the Holy See and the
Kingdom of
Portugal and
later the Portuguese...
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Patronage in
astronomy is an
approach which one can use to
examine the
history of
astronomy from a
cultural standpoint.
Rather than
simply focusing on...
