Meaning

patron; protecting; favouring.

Definitions by Sense

1. patron; protecting; favouring
2. Pertaining to a strong authoritarian leader who controls access to resources.

Example Sentences

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

Nor has the state lost its patronal role, with ministries of culture and publicly funded arts bodies sustaining the cultural economy.

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.

Manumission loyalty also offers us insights into how ancient conversion might look in a context of patronage and benefaction, for slaves did not change patrons when they attained their freedom, but rather underwent a considerable change within the patronal relationship.

In considering how the preceding analysis relates to the rest of the world, one can think of the post-Soviet countries as providing something like a pristine context in which to study the fundamental characteristics of patronal politics.

Word Forms

• more patronal
• most patronal

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When Should You Use Patronal?

Use patronal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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