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Definition of Patronesses
1. patroness [n] - See also: patroness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patronesses
Literary usage of Patronesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manners and Rules of Good Society: Or, Solecisms to be Avoided by Member of the aristocracy (1913)
"... OF LADY patronesses OF PUBLIC BALLS Ladies are frequently solicited to allow
their names to be placed on the lists of lady patronesses of charity balls. ..."
2. Life in Mexico During a Residence of Two Years in that Country (1843)
"... Bull-Fight extraordinary — Plaza de Toros — Fireworks — Portrait of Cn —
Fancy-Bali — Dress — Costume of the patronesses — Beauty in Mexico — Doctor's ..."
3. Women in English Life from Mediæval to Modern Times by Georgiana Hill (1896)
"... estimation of learning—Changes in social life—Some patronesses of learning.
AFTER the sixteenth century the lamp of learning flickered a good deal. ..."
4. Memorials of Oxford by James Ingram (1837)
"have been acknowledged as the peculiar patronesses of the college; and many of
their benefices were bestowed by the liberality of Edward III. and IV. and ..."
5. Memorials of Oxford by James Ingram, John Le Keux, Frederick Mackenzie (1837)
"have been acknowledged as the peculiar patronesses of the college; and many of
their benefices were bestowed by the liberality of Edward III. and IV. and ..."
6. Women of Cleveland and Their Work, Philanthropic, Educational, Literary by Mary Bigelow James Ingham, W. A. Ingham (1893)
"HARRIET J. KESTER—CLEVELAND SCHOOL OF ART—LOUISE F. RANDOLPH—GEORGIA L. NORTON —
patronesses — MR. AND MRS. CF OLNEY—SUBURBAN LADIES — HELEN ELIZABETH KING ..."
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