The act or state of being a customer of some business.
Customers collectively; clientele; business.
A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
The right of nomination to political office.
Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
To support by being a patron of.
To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize
Consideration of an idea; the act of revolving something in the mind.
A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
In the case of celestial bodies, the traversal of one body along an orbit around another body.
A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year.
Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.
The removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.
A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.