Definition: Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or
aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters;
patronage given to an author.
Definition: Business custom.
Definition: Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
Definition: The right of nomination to political office; also, the
offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by
favor.
Definition: The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical
benefice; advowson.
Definition: To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.
