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Thefe outguards of the mind are fent abroad 
And Hill patrolling beat the neighbouring road, 
Or to the parts remote obedient fly. 
Keep ports advanc’d, and on the frontier lie. Blachmore. 
PAT'RON,/ [patron, Fr. patronus, Lat.] One who 
countenances, fupports, or protects. Dr. Johnfon adds, 
“Commonly a wretch who fupports with infolence, and 
is paid with flattery.”—I’ll plead for you as my patron. 
Shaliefpeare. 
Ne’er let me pafs in filence Dorfet’s name; 
Ne’er ceafe to mention the continu’d debt, 
Which the great patron only would forget. Prior. 
A guardian faint.—St. Michael is mentioned as the pa¬ 
tron of the Jews, and is now taken by the Chriftians as 
the proteCtor general of our religion. Dryden. 
Thou amongft thofe faints whom thou doft fee 
Shall be a faint, and thine own nation’s friend 
And patron. Spcnfer. 
Advocate; defender; vindicator.—We are no patrons of 
thofe things; the bell defence whereof is fpeedy redrefs 
and amendment. Hooker. —Whether the minds of men 
have naturally imprinted on them the ideas of extenfion 
and number, I leave to thofe who are the patrons of in¬ 
nate principles. Locke. —One who has donation of ecclefi- 
aftical preferment: 
Patrons of fenfe afraid, but not of vice; 
Or fwoln with pride, or funk in avarice. Wcjley. 
Patron, among the Romans, was an appellation given 
to a mailer who had freed his Have. As loon as the rela¬ 
tion of majler expired, that of patron began: for the 
Romans, in giving their Haves their freedom, did not de- 
fpoil themfelves of all rights and privileges in them ; the 
law llill fuhjeCted them to confiderable fervices and du¬ 
ties towards their patrons, the negleCt of which was very 
feverely punilhed. 
Patron was alfo a name which the people of Rome gave 
to fome great man,, under whofe protection they ufually 
put themfelves ; paying him all kinds of honour and re- 
fpeCl, and denominating themfelves his clients; while the 
patron, on his fide, granted them his credit and protec¬ 
tion. They were therefore mutually attached and mu¬ 
tually obliged to each other ; and by this means, in con- 
fequence of reciprocal ties, all thofe feditions, jealoufies, 
and animofities, which are fometimes the effeCt of a dif¬ 
ference of rank, were prudently avoided : for it was the 
duty of the patron to advife his clients in points of law, 
to manage their fuits, to take care of them as of his own 
children, and fecure their peace and happinefs. The cli¬ 
ents were to affirt their patrons with money on feveral 
occafions ; to ranfom them or their children when taken 
in war ; to contribute to the portions of their daughters ; 
and to defray, in part, the charges of their public em¬ 
ployments. They were never to accufe each other, or 
take contrary fides ; and, if either of them was conviCfed 
of having violated this law, the crime was equal to that 
of treafon, and any one was allowed to kill the offender 
with impunity. This patronage was a tie as efFe&ual as 
any confanguinity or alliance, and had a wonderful effeCt 
towards maintaining union and concord among the 
people for the fpace of 600 years ; during which time 
we find no diflenfions or jealoufies between the patrons 
and their clients, even - in the times of the republic, 
when the populace frequently mutinied againft thofe who 
were moft powerful in the city. 
PATRO'NA, or Padro'n, a town of Syria, near the 
fea-coaft, (aid to have been founded by Itobalus, contem¬ 
porary and ally of Ahab king of Ifrael; the ancient name 
was Botrys, or Botryum. Mr. Maundrel found here the 
remains of an old church and monaftery; but thefe, as 
well as the town, perfectly ruined and defolate : twenty 
miles fouth-weft of Tripoli. Lat. 44. 12. N. Ion. 35. 35. E. 
PAT'RONAGE,/. Support; protection.—Lady, moft 
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worthy of all duty, how falls it out, that you, in whom 
all virtue fliines, will take the patronage of fortune, the 
only rebellious handmaid againft virtue. Sidney. 
Here’s patronage ; and here our heart defcries 
What breaks its bonds, what draws the clofer ties ; 
Shows what rewards our fervices may gain, 
And how too often we may court in vain. Creech. 
Guardianfhip of faints.—From certain paflages of the 
poets, feveral (hips made choice of fome god or other for 
their guardians, as among the Roman Catholicks every 
veflel is recommended to the patronage of fome particu¬ 
lar faint. Addifon. —Donation of a benefice; right of 
conferring a benefice. — Advowfon fignifies the taking 
into protection, and therefore is fynonymous with patron¬ 
age. Blackjlone. — See the article Advowson, vol. i. 
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Arms of Patronage, in heraldry, are thofe on the top 
of which are fome marks of fubjeCtion and dependence : 
thus the city of Paris lately bore the fleurs-de-lis in chief, 
to (how her fubjeClion to the king; and the cardinals, 
on the top of their arms, bear thofe of the pope, who 
gave them the hat, to (how that they are his creatures. 
Ency. Brit. 
To PAT'RONAGE v.a.l To patronize; to proteCl. 
A bad word. —Fie ufes it to patronage his theft. Shake- 
fp'eare. 
Dar’ft thou maintain the former words thou fpak’ft ? 
Yes, fir, as well as you dare patronage 
The envious barking of your faucy tongue. Shakefpeare. 
PAT'RONAL, adj. Protecting; fupporting; guard¬ 
ing ; defending ; doing the office of a patron.—The name 
of the city being difcovered unto their enemies, their 
penates and patronal gods might be called forth by charms. 
Brown's Vulg. Err. 
PAT'RONESS, f. [patrona, Lat.] A female that de¬ 
fends, countenances, or fupports.—All things fhould be 
guided by her direction, as the fovereign patronefs and 
proteClrefs of the enterprife. Bacon. 
Befriend me, night, bell patronefs of grief. 
Over the pole thy thickefl mantle throw. Milton. 
A female guardian faint.—They took her for their pa¬ 
tronefs, and confequently for their fhe-god. Brevir.t's 
Saul and Sam. at Endor. 
With wandering fleps to fearch the citadel, 
Ar.d from the priefts their patronefs to fteal. Dryden. 
A woman that hath the gift of a benefice. , 
PAT'RONLESS, adj. Without a patron.—The arts 
and fciences mult not be left patronlefs. Ld. Shaftefbury. 
To PAT'RONISE, v. a. To proteCt; to fupport; to 
defend, to countenance.—Churchmen are to be had in 
due refpeft for their work fake, and protected from fcorn ; 
but, if a clergyman be loofe and fcandalous, he mull not 
be patronized nor winked at. Bacon. —All tendernefs of 
confcience againft good laws is hypocrify, and patronized 
by none but men of defign, who look upon it as the fitted 
engine to get into power. South. 
PAT'RONISER, f. One who countenances or fupports 
—That vain-glorious patronizer of diflenfions and erro¬ 
neous doCtrines. Skelton's Deifm rev. 
PAT'RONSHIP, J'. The office of a patron. Scott. 
PATRONYM'IC, adj. [from the Greek a fa¬ 
ther, and ovop.cn,, a name.] Derived as a name from an- 
ceftors, 
PATRONYMIC, f. Name expreffing the name of the 
father or ancellors—It ought to be rendered “ the fon,” 
TeCtonides being a patronymic. Broome. 
Patronymicsare derived, 1. From the father; as Pe- 
lides, i. e. Achilles the fon of Peleus. 2. From the mo¬ 
ther; as Philyrides, i. e. Chiron the fon of Phiiyra. 3. 
From the grandfather on the father’s fide ; as ADacides, 
i. e. Achilles the grandfon of Aiacus; ACtorides; i. e. 
Patroclus, the grandfon of ACtor. 4. From the grand- 
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