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largess
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /l?????s/, /l???d??s/
- (US) IPA(key): /l???d??s/, /l?????s/
Noun
largess (usually uncountable, plural largesses)
- Alternative spelling of largesse.
Anagrams
- Glasser, Slagers, glasser, ragless
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patronage
English
Etymology
From Middle English patronage, from Old French patronage (modern French patronage). Equivalent to patron +? -age.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pe?t??n?d??/
Noun
patronage (countable and uncountable, plural patronages)
- The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
- Customers collectively; clientele; business.
- Hyponym: ridership
- A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
- (politics) Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
- 2015, Thomas J. Gradel, Dick Simpson, Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality, University of Illinois Press (?ISBN), page 117:
- Patronage, nepotism, cronyism, abuse of power, and criminal activity flourish, sometimes for decades, in numerous town halls, police stations, and special-purpose government agencies in the suburbs.
- 2015, Thomas J. Gradel, Dick Simpson, Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality, University of Illinois Press (?ISBN), page 117:
- Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)
- The right of nomination to political office.
- (Britain, law) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
- {{RQ:Blackstone Comm|passage=Advowson is the right of presentation to a church, or ecclesiastical benefice. Advowson, advocatio, signifies the taking into protection; and therefore is synonymous with patronage
Translations
Verb
patronage (third-person singular simple present patronages, present participle patronaging, simple past and past participle patronaged)
- (transitive) To support by being a patron of.
- (transitive) To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize
- Synonyms: support, keep going
Dutch
Etymology
From patroon +? -age. Cf. English patronage, French patronage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa.tr??na?.??/
- Hyphenation: pat?ro?na?ge
- Rhymes: -a???
Noun
patronage n (plural patronages)
- patronage (act of providing approval and support)
- Synonyms: beschermheerschap, patronaat
French
Etymology
patron +? -age
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.t??.na?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Noun
patronage m (plural patronages)
- Patronage
Further reading
- “patronage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French patronage; equivalent to patroun +? -age.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /patro??na?d?(?)/, /patru??na?d?(?)/, /pa?tro?nad?(?)/, /pa?tru?nad?(?)/
Noun
patronage (plural patronagis)
- The privilege of being able to choose ecclesiastical appointees; advowson.
Descendants
- English: patronage
References
- “patr?n??e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-17.
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