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patronate

noun

Etymology

From Latin patrōnātus. By surface analysis, patron + -ate (noun-forming suffix denoting a rank or office).

  1. borrowed from patrōnātus

Definitions

  1. The right or duty of a patron

    The right or duty of a patron; patronage.

  2. Of or relating to a patron.

    • 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; […]

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