patronage

Preposition: of

• dean: The living is a rectory in the patronage of the dean and chapter of Carlisle, and incumbency of the Rev Wm.
• vicar: The living is a curacy in the diocese of Durham, value £ 157, in the patronage of the vicar.
• bishop: The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of London, in the patronage of the bishop.
• crown: The living is a vicarage in the patronage of the crown, valued in the Liber Regis at £ 11 17s.
• trustee: The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the five Trustees.
• church: Eglinton, Earl of, claims the patronage of the parish church of Dumbarton, 358, 359.

Converse of object

• dispense: Dispensing patronage at the expense of the environment and conservation was one of the characteristics of the previous regime.
• attract: Improved bus service will attract patronage from car, from slow modes and will generate new travel.
• enjoy: He was a cultured man who enjoyed the patronage of Robert Dudley, later Earl of Leicester.

Adjective modifier

• aristocratic: Both the Minster and York's many religious houses enjoyed royal and aristocratic patronage, while wealthy citizens often favored the numerous parish churches.
• royal: In the 14th century a deer park created by Edward I brought royal patronage.
• imperial: Textiles were also tangible standards of value that were used as currency, as payment of taxes, and as symbols of imperial patronage.
• ministerial: The Prime Minister: The independent Appointments Commission has indeed taken away prime ministerial patronage.
• artistic: Research Staff Dr. Tim Ayers Medieval stained glass in England; architectural and artistic patronage in the medieval universities.
• generous: The high point in Britain seems to have been the Restoration a time of extremely generous royal patronage.

Modifies a noun

• forecast: A prudent forecaster might factor down initial patronage forecasts to take account of the delay in take-up.
• growth: The medium urban route achieves a patronage growth of about 5 per cent.

Noun used with modifier

• bus: Whilst bus patronage has grown, traffic levels into the city center have remained at their 1997 level.
• rail: Light rail patronage is published in an annual DfT statistical release for the year to the previous March, published five months later.
• forecast: Sensitivity tests should examine the degree to which forecast patronage is dependent on any such restraint.