Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAT'RON-AGE
PAT'RON-AGE, n.
- Special countenance or support; fact or aid afforded to second the views of a person or to promote a design. – Sidney.
- Guardianship, as of a saint. – Addison.
- Advowson; the right of presentation to a church or ecclesiastical benefice. – Encyc.
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