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

Advowson :: Advowson (n.) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.].

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

Patrocination :: Patrocination (n.) The act of patrocinating or patronizing.

Impetration :: Impetration (n.) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm..

Collative :: Collative (a.) Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.

Voluntaryism :: Voluntaryism (n.) The principle of supporting a religious system and its institutions by voluntary association and effort, rather than by the aid or patronage of the state..

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

Patron :: Patron (n.) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him..

Dedicate :: Dedicate (v. t.) To inscribe or address, as to a patron..

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

Client :: Client (n.) A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron..

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

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

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..

Patron :: Patron (n.) An advocate or pleader.

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

Patron :: Patron (n.) One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art..

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..

Patron :: Patron (n.) See Padrone, 2..

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