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— English words —

• patronage n. The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
• patronage n. Customers collectively; clientele; business.
• patronage n. The act or state of being a customer of some business.
• patronage n. A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
• patronage n. (Politics) Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
• patronage n. Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
• patronage n. The right of nomination to political office.
• patronage n. (UK, law) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
• patronage v. (Transitive) To support by being a patron of.
• patronage v. (Transitive) To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Middle english
  • patronage n. The privilege of being able to choose ecclesiastical appointees; advowson.

— English word, defined in German —

• patronage S. Schirmherrschaft, Mäzenatentum, Gönnerschaft, Protektion.

— In German —

• Patronage S. Verhalten, bei dem bestimmte Firmen, Personen ... gezielt…

— In Dutch —

• patronage n. Beschermheerschap, patronaat.

— In French —

• patronage n.m. Rapports de protection qui existaient à Rome entre les…
• patronage n.m. Protection d’un saint-patron.
• patronage n.m. Association qui donne protection et secours aux pauvres.
• patronage n.m. (Par extension) Local où se réunissent les enfants ou adolescents…
• patronage n.m. (Histoire) Droit qu’un prélat ou un seigneur laïque avait…
• patronage n.m. (Par extension) (Plus rare) Contrôle exercé par la puissance…
• patronage n.m. (Économie) Soutien moral explicite, parrainage apporté…
• patronage n.m. (Canada) (Vieilli) (Anglicisme) Favoritisme du parti au…

62 English words from 11 English definitions

able act advowson and appointees appointments approval as␣of backing being being␣able␣to benefice business care championship choose church client clientele collectively communication condescension contracts customer Customers disdain ecclesiastical favours for giving Granting Guardianship indicates in␣return lack law making nomination of␣a office patron patronize patronizing political Politics presentation privilege providing recipient regular respect return right saint some state state␣of␣being support that the Transitive tutelary

22 English words from 11 foreign definitions

adolescents Association aux Canada dem Droit entre extension les Local moral par parti patron Plus protection puissance Rapports rare Rome saint seigneur

34 foreign words from 11 foreign definitions

Anglicisme apporté avait bei Beschermheerschap bestimmte Contrôle donne Économie enfants exercé existaient explicite Favoritisme Firmen gezielt Histoire laïque Mäzenatentum Par␣extension parrainage patronaat pauvres Personen prélat Protektion qui réunissent saint␣patron Schirmherrschaft secours Soutien Verhalten Vieilli

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

patronaged patronages

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

nonpatronage antipatronage micropatronage

28 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

age AGE agé %age -age ATR nag Ona ONA Oña pat Pat PAT patr- patron ron Ron RON rona Rona 'rona TRO tron Tron -tron trona Trona tronage

19 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ano- Ega EGA Egan gan Gan GaN GAN Gano nor NOR nor- Nor. ort ORT Orta RTA tap TAP

6 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

organ␣pleat paragonite Pardongate patronaged patronages tanaproget

7 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

orangeat paratone Paretoan Porngate tragopan tropaean Tropæan

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

latronage matronage patronate

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