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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_154385" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_154385" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. </p> <p> (2): (v. t.) To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. </p> <p> (3): (n.) [[Special]] countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author. </p> <p> (4): (n.) The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor. </p> <p> (5): (n.) [[Business]] custom. </p> <p> (6): (n.) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) [[Special]] countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) [[Business]] custom. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. </p> | ||
== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20303" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20303" /> == | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
(2): ( v. t.) To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.
(3): ( n.) Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author.
(4): ( n.) The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor.
(5): ( n.) Business custom.
(6): ( n.) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [2]
Or ADVOWSON, a sort of incorporeal hereditament, consisting in the right of presentation to a church, or ecclesiastical benefice. Advowson signifies the taking into protection, and therefore is synonymous with patronage; and he who has the right of advowson is called the patron of the church.
