Patronal

//pəˈtɹəʊnəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    patron; protecting; favouring

    "Lest the name thereof being discovered unto their enemies, their penates and patronal god might be called forth by charms and incantations."

  2. 2
    Pertaining to a strong authoritarian leader who controls access to resources.

    "Aristocratic involvement in the development of towns and cities in nineteenth-entury Britain has long been recognised, but much less attention has been paid to the character of the patronal relationships which existed between aristocratic urban landlords and their tenantry."

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"Lest the name thereof being discovered unto their enemies, their penates and patronal god might be called forth by charms and incantations."

Etymology

From Latin patrōnālis. Compare French patronal.

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