Definition for Patronage:

• In English ecclesiastical law. The right of presentation to a church or ecclesiastical benefice; the same with advowson, ( q. v.) 2 Bl. Comm. 21. The right of appointing to office, considered as a perquisite, or personal right; not in the aspect of a public trust.

Synonyms for Patronage:

• n.

  •
  • benefaction,
  • loyalty,
  • defense,
  • advocacy,
  • Sympathies,
  • guardianship,
  • help,
  • endorsement,
  • moral support,
  • grant,
  • solidarity,
  • protection,
  • assistance,
  • recommendation,
  • subsidy,
  • financing,
  • encouragement.
  •
  • check into,
  • book in,
  • booking,
  • guest,
  • check out,
  • bookable,
  • patron,
  • late checkout,
  • homestay,
  • check-in.
  •
  • custom.
  •
  • politics,
  • spoil.
  •act (noun)
  • patronage.
  •aid (noun)
  • co-operation,
  • ministrations,
  • leg up,
  • shot in the arm,
  • co-operations,
  • ministries,
  • ministration.
  •auspices (noun)
  • influences.
  •backing (noun)
  • backing,
  • championings.
  •benevolence (noun)
  • philanthropy.
  •business done at an establishment (noun)
  • clientage,
  • trading,
  • buying,
  • commerce,
  • shopping.
  •championship (noun)
  • championship.
  •clientele (noun)
  • regulars,
  • clientry,
  • dependents.
  •condescension (noun)
  • deference,
  • insolence,
  • civility,
  • stooping,
  • Condescendence,
  • brazenness,
  • sufferance,
  • disdain,
  • patronizing,
  • cronyism,
  • Deigning.
  •cultivation (noun)
  • fosterings.
  •favor (noun)
  • pre-sent,
  • re-gard,
  • pre sent,
  • re gards,
  • pre-sents,
  • obligements,
  • re spect,
  • re-spects,
  • re-spect,
  • re spects.
  •following (noun)
  • entourage,
  • retinue.
  •governance (noun)
  • predominanc.
  •government (noun)
  • powers that bes,
  • pre dominance,
  • pre dominances,
  • statecrafts,
  • pre-dominance,
  • political practices,
  • powers-that-bes,
  • pre-dominances.
  •help (noun)
  • buddy system,
  • hand,
  • contribution,
  • a good/bad turn,
  • cooperation,
  • service.
  •patronage (noun)
  • business.
  •pork barrel (noun)
  • favors of office,
  • spoils of office,
  • pork barrel,
  • public crib,
  • political favor,
  • logrolling,
  • public till,
  • porks,
  • taxpayer funds,
  • public trough.
  •pride (noun)
  • pragmatism,
  • smugness,
  • superbity,
  • egoisms,
  • proud flesh,
  • immodesties,
  • self-love,
  • Self-exaltation,
  • disdainfulness,
  • over-confidence,
  • big-headedness,
  • cockiness,
  • vainglory,
  • immodesty.
  •sponsorship (noun)
  • protectorships,
  • egises.
  •support of a cause (noun)
  • promotion.
  •traffic (noun)
  • inter-course,
  • inter courses,
  • trans actions,
  • peddlings,
  • trans-actions,
  • inter-courses,
  • inter course.
  •vainglory (noun)
  • boastfulness,
  • Strutting.

• v.

  •communication (verb)
  • patronise,
  • support,
  • patronize,
  • keep going.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • auspice.
  •
  • pork.

Paraphrases for Patronage:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    favouritism, sponsorship.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    aegis, favouritism, sponsorship.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    support.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    users.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    clientelism, sponsoring, co-sponsorship, umbrella, usage, clientele, tutelage, influence, utilization, throughput, privilege.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    nepotism, cronyism, ridership, favoritism, utilisation, sponsor.

Antonyms for Patronage:

• n.

  • condescension
    respect.
  • support of a cause
    detraction, discouragement, disapproval, hurt, humility, hindrance, attack, competition, blockage, harm, obstruction, injury, antagonism, modesty, stop, opposition.

Patronage Sentence Examples:

• The machine, for example, calls itself Republican, and as such controls the patronage of the San Francisco water front.

• But Daniel Granger was not such a one; he was not given to undervalue the advantage of his friendship or patronage.

Hypernym for Patronage:

• n.

  • act
    nomenklatura.

Hyponym for Patronage:

• n.

  • act
    social control.

• v.

  • communication
    foster, nurture.
  • consumption
    maintain, sustain, keep.