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patronate

patronate noun: the right or duty of a patron; patronage.

Noun

patronate (uncountable)

  1. The right or duty of a patron; patronage.
    • 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?1843 August, J. R., “Art[icle] XI.—The People and the Church of Scotland. A Reply to Sir James Graham and the Government. By J. White, A.M. Sherwood.”, in The Westminster Review, volume XL, number I...

Adjective

patronate (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a patron.
    • “L’ imperatore istesso sotto varii pretesti di spogli, di juspatronati, di concessioni apostoliche, di avocarie, di incamerationi e di pienezza di potestà trattiene le chiese gli amii vacanti, et in quel mentre se ne preride per se l’ entrate.”—[The emperor himself, under various pretexts of...1847, Leopold Ranke, anonymous translator, “Appendix. List of the Manuscripts That Have Been Consulted, Supplementary Extracts, and Critical Observations.”, in The Poets of Rome; Their Church and...
    • The patronate wedge, like that appropriated by Achan, has been disastrous to the people, for it has lost to them the great benefits of a religious Establishment, and very great these are; […]a. 1857, Hugh Miller, “Rambles of a Geologist; or, Ten Thousand Miles over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland”, in The Cruise of the Betsey; […]. With Rambles of a Geologist; […], Edinburgh...

Origin of patronate

From Latin patrōnātus. By surface analysis, patron + -ate (noun-forming suffix denoting a rank or office).

From the noun or Latin patrōnātus. By surface analysis, patron + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about patronate

What does patronate mean?
Patronate means the right or duty of a patron; patronage.
What part of speech is patronate?
Patronate can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near patronate in the dictionary

  1. patronage systems
  2. patronaged
  3. patronages
  4. patronaging
  5. patronal
  6. patronate
  7. patrondom
  8. patroned
  9. patroness
  10. patronessed
  11. patronesses

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