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Definition of Patrons
1. patron [n] - See also: patron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patrons
Literary usage of Patrons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress: With by Clara Egli Le Gear, Philip Lee Phillips, Library of Congress Map Division (1920)
"patrons directory, reference business directory and departments devoted to general
information ... 2 p. 1., 7-79, viii, x-xxii pp. incl. ..."
2. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Sonnets three sonnets in Gabriel Harvey's ‘Four Letters and to patrons, certain
Sonnets ... Very numerous sonnets to patrons were appended by John Davies of ..."
3. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1893)
"patrons. AUTHORS have too frequently received ill treatment, even from those to
whom they dedicated their works. Theodosius Gaza had no other recompense for ..."
4. The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1921)
"Chapter V Beethoven's Friends and patrons in the First Lustrum of the Nineteenth
Century—An Imperial Pupil, Archduke Rudolph—Count ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... candidates three for ecclesiastical patrons. By the acceptance of the
presentation, the cleric presented acquires immediately the right to the benefice, ..."
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