Word
Patronage
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
pat-ron-age
Definition
- 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.
- n. - Business custom.
- n. - Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
- n. - The right of nomination to political office; also, the
offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by
favor.
- n. - The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical
benefice; advowson.
- v. t. - To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.
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