patronal

adj
/pəˈtɹəʊnəl/

Etymology

From Latin patrōnālis. Compare French patronal.

  1. derived from patronal
  2. derived from patrōnālis

Definitions

  1. patron

    patron; protecting; favouring

    • Lest the name thereof being discovered unto their enemies, their penates and patronal god might be called forth by charms and incantations.
    • Nor has the state lost its patronal role, with ministries of culture and publicly funded arts bodies sustaining the cultural economy.
  2. Pertaining to a strong authoritarian leader who controls access to resources.

    • In considering how the preceding analysis relates to the rest of the world, one can think of the post-Soviet countries as providing something like a pristine context in which to study the fundamental characteristics of patronal politics.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for patronal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA