Definition
| • | 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. |
| • | Business custom. |
| • | Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. |
| • | The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor. |
| • | The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. |
| • | To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. |
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