4. The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices,
contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor.
5. (Eng. Law) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical
benefice; advowson. Blackstone.
Pa"tron*age, v. t. To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.
[Obs.] Shak.
Pa"tron*al (?), a. [L. patronalis; cf. F. patronal.] Patron;
protecting; favoring. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Pa"tron*ate (?), n. [L. patronatus.] The right or duty of a patron;
patronage. [R.] Westm. Rev.
Pa"tron*ess (?), n. [Cf. F. patronnesse.] A female patron or helper.
Spenser.
Night, best patroness of grief.
Milton.
Pa`tron*i*za"tion (?), n. The act of patronizing; patronage; support.
[R.]
Pa"tron*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patronized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Patronizing (?).] 1. To act as patron toward; to support; to
countenance; to favor; to aid.
The idea has been patronized by two States only.
A. Hamilton.
2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer. [Commercial
Cant]
3. To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector,
toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals.
Pa"tron*i`zer (?), n. One who patronizes.
Pa"tron*i`zing (?), a. Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner
of airs of a superior toward another. -- Pat"ron*i`zing*ly, adv.
Thackeray.
Pa"tron*less (?), a. Destitute of a patron.
Pa`tro*nom`a*yol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, a father + E.
onomatology.] That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names
and their origin; the study of patronymics.
Pa`tro*nym"ic (?), a. [L. patronymicus, Gr. &?;; &?; father + &?; name:
cf. F. patronymique.] Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic
denomination.
Pa`tro*nym"ic, n. [Gr. &?;.] A modification of the father's name borne
by the son; a name derived from that of a parent or ancestor; as,
Pelides, the son of Peleus; Johnson, the son of John; Macdonald, the
son of Donald; Paulowitz, the son of Paul; also, the surname of a
family; the family name. M. A. Lower.
Pa`tro*nym"ic*al (?), a. Same as Patronymic.
Pa*troon" (?), n. [D. patroon a patron, a protector. See Patron.] One
of the proprietors of certain tracts of land with manorial privileges
and right of entail, under the old Dutch governments of New York and
New Jersey.
Pa*troon"ship, n. The office of a patroon. Irving.
{ ||Pat`tÈ" (?), Pat*tee" (?), } a. [F. pattÈ, fem. pattÈe, fr. patte
paw, foot. Cf. Patten.] (Her.) Narrow at the inner, and very broad at
the other, end, or having its arms of that shape; -- said of a cross.
See Illust. (8) of Cross. [Written also patÈ, patee.]
Pat"te*mar (?), n. See Patamar.
Pat"ten (?), n. [F. patin a high- heeled shoe, fr. patte paw, foot. Cf.
Panton, PattÈ.] 1. A clog or sole of wood, usually supported by an iron
ring, worn to raise the feet from the wet or the mud.
The patten now supports each frugal dame.
Gay.