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Impatronize :: Impatronize (v. t.) To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory..

Provision :: Provision (n.) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation..

Clientship :: Clientship (n.) Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron.

Monarch :: Monarch (n.) A patron deity or presiding genius.

Impatronization :: Impatronization (n.) Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession.

Prestimony :: Prestimony (n.) A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a benefice. The patron in the collator..

Hoity-toity :: Hoity-toity (a.) Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt..

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

Impatronized :: Impatronized (imp. & p. p.) of Impatroniz.

Crispin :: Crispin (n.) A shoemaker; -- jocularly so called from the patron saint of the craft.

Collate :: Collate (v. t.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to..

Urania :: Urania (n.) One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy..

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

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

Barber :: Barber (n.) One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons..

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

Intrusionist :: Intrusionist (n.) One who intrudes; especially, one who favors the appointment of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of the parishioners..

Impatronizing :: Impatronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impatroniz.

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

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

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