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PATRONAGED
Verb
patronaged
simple past tense and past participle of patronage
Anagrams
• Pardongate
Source: Wiktionary
PATRONAGE
Pa"tron*age, n. Etym: [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)
Definition: The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. Blackstone.
Pa"tron*age, v. t.
Definition: To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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