¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Patronages
1. patronage [n] - See also: patronage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patronages
Literary usage of Patronages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Correspondence of the Rev. Robert Wodrow by Robert Wodrow (1843)
"... wherein it's probable the business of patronages will come in, than which they
can scarce have any affair before them of greater importance to this ..."
2. The History of Scotland from the Union to the Abolition of the Heritable by John Struthers (1828)
"At a future sederunt, they passed an " act concerning the grievances of this
church, from toleration, patronages," &c. with a memorial on behalf of the ..."
3. The Pilgrim of Our Lady of Martyrs (1891)
"There are patronages of all grades to meet the various forms of human misery:
patronages of infants, patronages of orphans, patronages of finding places for ..."
4. Handbook for Travellers in Yorkshire by John Murray (Firm), Richard John King (1874)
"... will leave nothing undone to give the utmost satisfaction to those wbo may
honour him with their patronages. Table d'hote at one and five o'clock. ..."
5. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1832)
"In 1706, Sir Lawrence Dundas purchased the earldom and patronages from them :
and in 1744, he, or his descendant, granted to the- Magistrates of Kirkwall a ..."
6. Caledonia: Or, A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, from by George Chalmers (1889)
"The earldom, and the estates and patronages belonging to it, were forfeited Mid
other lands. Crawford's Peerage, 350. Before the demise of Robert I., ..."
Other Resources:
