( n. )
Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author.
( n. )
Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012