patronate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin patrōnātus.
Noun edit
patronate (uncountable)
- The right or duty of a patron; patronage.
- 1843, J. White, “The People and the Church of Scotland”, in Westminster Review:
- Whose will shall be clothed with the dominancy of the matter ; the will of the Home Secretary of the day , and a small body of the landlords , or the will of the recipients of the eucharist in the parish -the patronate or the congregational will ?
Esperanto edit
Adverb edit
patronate
- present adverbial passive participle of patroni