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patronate rare.|ˈpætrənət, ˈpeɪt-|
[ad. L. patrōnāt-us, f. patrōn-us patron: see -ate1.]
The position, right, or duty of a patron; the jurisdiction or possession of a patron.
1694Fountainhall in M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. Crt. Session (1826) IV. 143 The Lords found the Bishop's presenting, as patron, made it a patronate, but not a patrimonial mensal kirk. 1865M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 75 That was the idea which the master of Rosso and Cellini formed of his patronate of letters. 1880Muirhead Gaius 563 Patronate was the relationship that existed between a freedman,..and his patronus.
attrib.1879P. Lorimer Lechler's Wiclif I. 46 The Curia..encourages all who have patronate rights to make pastoral appointments of a like kind. |