All 11 Uses
patronage
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Vanity Fair
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- In the principles of religion and morality, Miss Sedley will be found worthy of an establishment which has been honoured by the presence of THE GREAT LEXICOGRAPHER, and the patronage of the admirable Mrs. Chapone.†
Chpt 1patronage = support or favor given
- And here he prepared himself for public life, into which he was to be introduced by the patronage of his grandfather, Lord Binkie, by studying the ancient and modern orators with great assiduity, and by speaking unceasingly at the debating societies.†
Chpt 9
- I'm hanged if I'll stand your airs of superiority and infernal pity and patronage.†
Chpt 13 *
- Pity and patronage!†
Chpt 13
- I might have thanked Mrs. Bute for her patronage, and Mr. Pitt for his insufferable condescension.†
Chpt 15
- Rawdon and his wife generously gave their patronage to all such of Miss Crawley's tradesmen and purveyors as chose to serve them.†
Chpt 37
- The patronage and kindness of these ladies was very uncomfortable to Amelia, but she bore it meekly enough, for her nature was to yield; and, besides, the carriage and its splendours gave little Georgy immense pleasure.†
Chpt 38
- Sir Pitt had concluded no bargain for the sale of the living of Queen's Crawley; when it should drop, her Ladyship proposed to take the patronage into her own hands and present a young protege to the Rectory, on which subject the diplomatic Pitt said nothing.†
Chpt 40
- Her patronage became more and more insufferable.†
Chpt 46
- A lady very like her subsequently kept a milliner's shop in the Rue du Helder at Paris, where she lived with great credit and enjoyed the patronage of my Lord Steyne.†
Chpt 55
- I presume you know, gentlemen, to whom my friend is indebted for this piece of patronage?†
Chpt 55
Definitions:
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(1)
(patronage) support or favor givenThe exact sense of patronage depends upon its context. For example::
- "wants to increase federal patronage of the arts" -- donations made to support an organization or person
- "a political patronage appointee" -- favors given such as political appointments or contracts given in return for political support
- "rewards repeat patronage" -- business from customers -- especially recurring business
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)