Patronage :: Patronage (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..

Patronage :: Patronage (n.) Business custom.

Patronage :: Patronage (n.) Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care..

Patronage :: Patronage (n.) The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor..

Patronage :: Patronage (n.) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.

Patronage :: Patronage (v. t.) To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.

Patronal :: Patronal (a.) Patron; protecting; favoring.

Patronate :: Patronate (n.) The right or duty of a patron; patronage.

Patroness :: Patroness (n.) A female patron or helper.

Patronization :: Patronization (n.) The act of patronizing; patronage; support.

Patronize :: Patronize (v. t.) To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid.

Patronize :: Patronize (v. t.) To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.

Patronize :: Patronize (v. t.) To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals..

Patronized :: Patronized (imp. & p. p.) of Patroniz.

Patronizer :: Patronizer (n.) One who patronizes.

Patronizing :: Patronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Patroniz.

Patronizing :: Patronizing (a.) Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another.

Patronless :: Patronless (a.) Destitute of a patron.

Patronomayology :: Patronomayology (n.) That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics.

Patronymic :: Patronymic (a.) Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination..

Patronymic :: Patronymic (n.) A modification of the father's name borne by the son; a name derived from that of a parent or ancestor; as, Pelides, the son of Peleus; Johnson, the son of John; Macdonald, the son of Donald; Paulowitz, the son of Paul; also, the surname of a family; the family name..

Patronymical :: Patronymical (a.) Same as Patronymic.

Patroon :: Patroon (n.) One of the proprietors of certain tracts of land with manorial privileges and right of entail, under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey..

Patroonship :: Patroonship (n.) The office of a patroon.

Sematrope :: Sematrope (n.) An instrument for signaling by reflecting the rays of the sun in different directions.

Supratrochlear :: Supratemporal (n.) A supratemporal bone.

Thaumatrope :: Thaumatrope (n.) An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.

Transpatronize :: Transpatronize (v. t.) To transfer the patronage of.

Ultratropical :: Ultratropical (a.) Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics; extratropical; also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than the tropics..

Veratrol :: Veratrol (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the decomposition of veratric acid, and constituting the dimethyl ether of pyrocatechin..

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