Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The right or duty of a patron.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The right or duty of a patron; patronage.
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- noun The right or duty of a
patron ;patronage .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The patronate wedge, like that appropriated by Achan, has been disastrous to the people, for it has lost to them the great benefits of a religious Establishment, and very great these are; but it threatens, as in the case of the sons of Carmi of old, to work more serious evil to those by whom it was originally coveted, -- "evil to themselves and all their house."
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It was the patronate wedge that struck from off the
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Prima varianta a planului anticriza al Romaniei, estimat la 7 miliarde de euro, pe baza caruia se vor purta negocieri intre Guvern, patronate si sindicate, este prea scump pentru vistieria statului, spun economistii citati de
ZF 2009
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