How To Use Patronage In A Sentence
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They therefore blame not the buddy system but political patronage for government inefficiency.
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Without the patronage of several large firms, the festival could not take place.
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We thank you for your patronage.
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Leonardo clearly believed that wealth, patronage, and political power lay in the courts to the east of mainland Europe.
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Early modern patronage came as before from courts, churches, aristocratic, and merchant families, from religious orders and confraternities.
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African youth are caught between challenging authoritarian regimes they inherited and relying on the patronage networks within the national structure and its local interstices.
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The patronage (largely pontifical, but also royal and aristocratic) of the great sculptor-architect is the chief subject of Franco Mormando's lovingly researched "Bernini: His Life and His Rome," which, for all its splendid erudition, freely resorts to American common speech to characterize the sheer viciousness of the Baroque papal oligarchs and Bernini's own egomania (most famously characterized by his ordering a servant to slash the face of his unfaithful mistress, Costanza Bonarelli).
The Heirloom City
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Later, Daley would shrink civil service and expand the patronage army.
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In return for this patronage, magnates expected their clients, tenants, and neighbors — their "affinities" — to support them with men, arms, and money when the magnate needed military resources.
From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558
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The king's patronage as well as his jurisdiction were advanced and defended by prohibitions.
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As a minister and educator to the hill farmers of north Alabama, Pickens was unbeholden to Bourbon patronage, and he was soon to wield his own printing press.
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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. George Washington
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The West maintained a system of state, industrial, and private patronage.
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On the other hand since the system of the patronage of the arts had collapsed and foreign rulers were not interested in taking over the responsibility, the role of the princely states became crucial.
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Sandalwood mafias thrive due to the political patronage.
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Making the transition from ground to air was a hit-and-miss affair and required the patronage of an interested senior officer.
FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940
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But Lord Hoyle - who for many years represented Nelson and Colne and whose son Lindsay sits for Chorley in the Commons - said it was essential to get rid of the last vestiges of hereditary patronage.
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She has authored articles that range in topics from pilgrims’ maps to devotional arts, gender and ethnicity issues in Buddhist patronage, cults of saints in Asian traditions, and images of Buddhist cosmographies.
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In 1899 the Witmark brothers published The First Minstrel Encyclopaedia and The First Minstrel Catalogue, which “covered every want of the amateur quite as well as the mastodonic Sears, Roebuck catalogue covers the needs of its vast patronage.”
A Renegade History of the United States
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Patronage and rolling the dice is replaced by good old democracy.
Archive 2008-09-01
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Reed's generous patronage of contemporary American artists was exceptional in the early nineteenth century.
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Politically he was naïvely ambitious and factious; he owes the epithet ‘Good’ only to his patronage of men of letters, including Lydgate and Capgrave.
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Patronage is a potent force if used politically.
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Royal patronage in China certainly had an aesthetic edge, so essential to the nourishment of art, even if generated by peculiar foibles.
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At this time it was necessary for scientists to obtain patronage from their kings, princes or rulers.
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The added revenue can be invested in new schools or health-care clinics in areas where education and medicine are scarce; it can subsidize short-term make-work projects to appease the angry unemployed or patronage networks that control dissent at the local level; it can finance the construction of better roads and bridges to open internal trade; it can bankroll the imposition of martial law.
The J Curve
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The 1914 Act, among other provisions, deprived the Welsh bishops of their seats in the House of Lords, and abolished private patronage.
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Of the half-dozen or so charities who enjoy her patronage, most will be aware of Booth's public skills as a communicator.
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Public transport patronage in Sydney and Melbourne more than quintupled between 1890 and 1930 but slumped in the 1930s.
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But due to lack of finance and patronage, the students lost interest in the art.
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This made them relatively easy prey for older party leaders who had patronage to give or withhold.
THE GUARDSMEN
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Leaders of other parties have powers of patronage and can select their own people in positions.
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At an advanced age he became a priest and enjoyed the patronage of Innocent XI, who made him successively referendary Utriusque Signaturae, auditor of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
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Gradually their nonconformist business elites improved public health and evolved traditions of voluntary activity, local pride and artistic patronage.
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At the national level, however, this kind of more direct control is more difficult to achieve given the complex and diffuse nature of patronage networks.
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Mr. Dilly, when my brother afterwards called for the MS. said it wanted revisal, &c. My brother then sent it to me here, at Bury, and it was on my own petition, without my brother's knowledge, that Mr. Lofft took it under his patronage.
Letter 389
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We, the peoples who were objects of imperialist expansionism, for ever the infantile dwarfs who required the benign or brutal patronage of the white superperson, in earlier times had to be liberated form the state of noble savagery.
Editorial
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Exploration, however, depended upon private patronage despite theorists imploring that maritime expansionism should be state-sponsored.
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And in that look is the end of innocence, of benevolent patronage, an era when strolling architects and plumy journalists can gossip complacently about how they have arranged a good time for the rest of us.
The Festival of Britain, 60 years on
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It is clear that the meteoric growth in its membership was due to official coercion and patronage.
Fascists and Conservatives
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even before noon there was a considerable patronage
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Where there was royal or wealthy patronage the choice could range from a grand audience chamber to an intimate drawing-room.
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These displays soon became celebrated as exemplars of enlightened princely patronage and magnificence.
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This distribution of patronage is an important component in the president's political armoury, since by his choices he determines the political complexion of the government.
The Government and Politics of France
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During the 1840s Melun hoped to resurrect the corporative system in a new form appropriate to nineteenth-century conditions, by bringing together Christian masters and their apprentices in a patronage.
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Or is it like a choice appointive position, one with tons of patronage?
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The most effective way to accomplish this goal is to backload the rewards of government service, in the form of actions like patronage.
What New Nobel Laureate Roger Myerson Is Talking About Tonight - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
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The comparatively large sums involved conferred on all these agencies a substantial power of patronage over recipient institutions.
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He may not have broken any laws but it is clear that what scanty guidelines exist to control patronage and cronyism were stretched at will to accommodate his ‘suggestions’.
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That sort of sponsorship or patronage I should say, just goes way back.
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Sheldon's patronage preferments followed apace, and Stradling was soon a substantial pluralist.
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In these circumstances, the appropriate bus priority treatment may be analysed using the predicted traffic conditions and bus patronage levels.
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The concert was under the patronage of Simeon Saxe-Coburg, whose almost unnoticeable arrival lacked the usual buzz about the presence of the prime minister.
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The ambassadorship is a patronage position for Catholic pols.
The Vatican rejects Caroline Kennedy.
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The loyalty scheme would reward only online customers for their patronage, persuading those who don't buy online to test the water.
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In Austria and neighboring regions, glassmaking enjoyed royal patronage and the Venetian style was introduced with royal support.
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But after experiencing the uneasiness which Lord Chesterfield's fallacious patronage made him feel, he dismissed the word garret from the sad group, and in all the subsequent editions the line stands --
Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood
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He is cynical about careerists and operators who flourish under patronage.
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The rows of motorbikes parked in front of the toddy shop betrays its large patronage among the yuppie crowd.
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Only he will be able to mediate conflicts and dole out patronage among his boyars.
That Other Presidential Campaign
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He soon attracted the patronage of the tastemakers in Boston society, and by 1805 he had a well-deserved reputation.
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The new prosperity of the cities made the metropolitan bishops significant figures in art patronage in the 13th and 14th centuries.
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The take-over of church powers added greatly to the patronage of the monarch but also involved him more directly in religious disputation at a time when the waves of controversy were beginning to run high.
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Political patronage in appointments confers honour, not wisdom, on those ennobled.
Times, Sunday Times
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During the sittings, she advised him on the significance of non-objective art, seeking his patronage in securing its place in the cultural fabric of the city.
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Add to these resources the landed endowments of widows, whether dowers or dowries, and it can be seen that Edward's control over marriage was of key importance for his patronage programme.
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The possibilities of patronage from public bodies and an audience in public spaces were political arguments in favour of mural painting for some artists.
The Times Literary Supplement
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But cooperatives also look to their members for necessary support, patronage and direction.
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These patronage disputes had both local salience and national resonance.
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Chesterfield’s fallacious patronage made him feel, he dismissed the word garret from the sad group, and in all the subsequent editions the line stands
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.
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Constantinople's patronage of the metropolitanate of Kiev for example for the first 500 years of its existence was based on the fact that Grand Duke Vladimir specifically requested baptism for his people by Byzantine bishops and clergy.
Orrologion
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Britain gave him BBC Scotland's headquarters in Glasgow, where he was appointed amid grandiose claims about the BBC's Medici-like patronage of architecture, only to be pushed to the side in favour of "executive architects" and see a coarsened version of his design built.
David Chipperfield: master of permanence | Interview
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Without the patronage of several large firms, the festival could not take place.
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Public transport patronage in Sydney and Melbourne more than quintupled between 1890 and 1930 but slumped in the 1930s.
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His patronage in racing is much sought-after.
Times, Sunday Times
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He wanted to be taken seriously as a composer and attract the patronage of the powerful, but he also delighted in showing-off in front of audiences.
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Will operator charges by Railtrack be reflected in higher fares and possible loss of patronage resulting from cross price elasticity?
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Lord Ashley was a well-known philanthropist, and his consistent support and patronage of many religious and charitable societies had naturally given him popularity among the Protestant clergy of all denominations, -- a popularity heightened in the case of the Evangelical and Calvinistic ministers by his Lordship's strict Sabbatarianism and his belief in cold dinners on
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863
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A group of recusant players under Cholmeley's patronage toured in Yorkshire from 1606 to at least 1616 using only printed play-texts for their repertory.
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The artists can get their funding the old fashioned way… through private patronage.
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We appreciate your patronage and...
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Many were slain on the field, and such a number in the pursuit, that above one-third of the Covenanters were reported to have fallen; in which number, however, must be computed a great many fat burgesses who broke their wind in the flight, and thus died without stroke of sword. named Alister, or Alexander M ` Donnell, by birth a Scottish islesman, and related to the Earl of Antrim, to whose patronage he owed the command assigned him in the Irish troops.
A Legend of Montrose
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It is said that pregnant women were assured a smooth delivery when they drank from his cup, hence his patronage.
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Apparently partisan house cleaning and patronage pay-offs are considered routine at the Corporation Commission.
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Without the patronage of several large firms, the festival could not take place.
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King of Portugal, to be the first bishop of Saint Thomas of Mylapur, and granted Philip and his heirs and successors in perpetuity the right of patronage and presentation to the see, and the benefices that might be created therein, by the mere facts of their creation and dotation.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock
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Thanks to his patronage of events such as the biennial, the city is the cultural capital of this nation made wealthy by oil, shipbuilding and business.
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Every noble household was supplied with a number of such inferiors, related or otherwise, who offered flatteries in exchange for patronage.
Wildfire
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Dependent on state patronage, Soviet official art was a public, epic, partisan art intended for mass consumption.
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The store, clearly overwhelmed with new customers, had a sign on the door that limited patronage to just 10 customers at a time.
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Having said all that, there's really no way of interpreting the Prince's memo as anything other than an off-guard defense of old-fashioned deference, unearned privilege and patronage.
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Similarly, stalls having dresses for women and children's wear have been drawing good crowds and an equal patronage is there for fancy products, such as hair bands, bindis, bangles, etc.
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Others have commented directly upon the issues of patronage and market influence which have seemed constantly to challenge the reputations of these artists.
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Like Hope, he was immensely wealthy, and was able to combine passive politics with active art patronage and writing.
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Court politics were pursued within a context of competition between rival patronage groups.
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I chicaned to secure him a fine room, which his lady-mother furnished "like a bridal chamher", if our Nassau cynics were to be credited, -- introduced him where it was necessary, and exercised generally towards him that distinguished patronage which one who "knows the ropes" is able to bestow upon a very Freshman.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860
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Basically all those who lived away from the plantations and could claim a small plot of land, membership in a religious brotherhood, or political patronage were considered Forros.
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The social respectability of science attracted the patronage of wealthy and influential figures.
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Under patronage systems, politicians maintained the strength of the party apparatus by providing government jobs to individuals in exchange for their efforts on the party's behalf.
Human Resource Management in Government
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Moreover, Stella's place at Angel House, with the patronage of Rachel Esthart that went with it, made for envy.
COFFIN ON THE WATER
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Manuscript illumination flourished under the patronage of the dukes of Burgundy, kings of England, Portuguese monarchs, and Hapsburg rulers.
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An influential politician would command patronage, although one didn't like to think of it like that.
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Does he speak for those invested in the long-standing ties of clientage and patronage between the Saudi and Bush royal families and their interlocking financial interests?
Marshall Grossman: Plan For Victory
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It is said that pregnant women were assured a smooth delivery when they drank from his cup, hence his patronage.
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Of course, philanthropy and patronage have always played a primary role under capitalism, and even earlier.
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Patronage politics implied the distribution of positions as well as benefits of various forms.
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Patronage from the leader of your party would be the way to get lorded.
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He then became a Thames waterman, and increased his earnings by writing rollicking verse and prose; he obtained the patronage of Jonson and others, and diverted both court and city.
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Many farms were let out to royal clerks and lay servants - another aspect of crown patronage.
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The whole system is based on privatized patronage and the prohibition and erosion of real, functioning democracy - in other words, broad accountability.
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Political patronage in appointments confers honour, not wisdom, on those ennobled.
Times, Sunday Times
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He, after a lifetime in office, might be forgiven for expecting to have his advice taken seriously by a donnish, ineffectual Scottish peer who was chiefly known for the shapeliness of his legs and his patronage of botanists.
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Caxton's prefaces, colophons, and epilogues in particular are self-conscious about authorship, purpose, genre, sources, patronage, medium, and technique.
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If they still don't understand, then they're heathens unversed in the ways of the West and not worthy of your fine patronage.
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But after experiencing the uneasiness which Lord Chesterfield's fallacious patronage made him feel, he dismissed the word garret from the sad group, and in all the subsequent editions the line stands
Life Of Johnson
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Indeed, before its usurpation by Christianity Mithraism enjoyed the patronage of some of the most important individuals in the Roman Empire.
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At home he was against the establishment, the royals and patronage.
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The high point in Britain seems to have been the Restoration - a time of extremely generous royal patronage.
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There is nothing on George's interest in scientific instruments, beyond clocks and barometers, and only one small case on the Queen's patronage of botany and ‘women's’ crafts.
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At various times during the fifteen years preceding the war, they had seen men of strong anti-slavery professions, with strong anti-slavery constituencies, "palter in a double sense" when intrusted with the duties of a representative in Congress, and fall from the faith, influenced by what were termed the blandishments of power, or as was sometimes more plainly said, corrupted by the gifts of patronage.
Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 (of 2) From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860
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And the impertinent patronage of worshippers in "fustian" is at least as offensive as the older-fashioned vulgarity of pride in congregations who "come in their own carriages.
Jan of the Windmill
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A change in the customer mix, with the proportion of Chinese patronage increasing, is also anticipated.
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He left behind him a name endeared to the Virginians by his amiable manners, his liberal patronage of the arts, and, above all, by his zealous intercession for their rights.
Life of George Washington — Volume 01
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Some whose natural endowments would, under less unpropitious circumstances, qualify them to reach the summit of fame, are fettered by want of patronage and pecuniary distress, while others are cramped in their efforts by a complexional sensibility which they cannot overcome, and checked in enterprise by diffidence and timidity, the natural offspring of a refined and delicate structure.
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810
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Thank you for your continued patronage, input, and support.
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The patronage of the powerful could cut ten years of struggle off her climb to the top.
PAINT THE WIND
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It was clearly patronage that they were seeking, rather than a confrontation with another class.
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The aim is to encourage patronage, so that access is improved and road congestion and environmental impacts are reduced.
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Midpoint between dismissive and dumbstruck is the objective mindset to appreciate how pragmatic idealism shaped Federico's leadership and patronage.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
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It represented a decisive defeat for the old liberal politics, dominated by local notables, with their traditional methods of patronage and persuasion.
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Much of his life was spent near or on the breadline and he was often dependant on patronage.
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He was no longer the editor but she no longer needed his patronage.
LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE
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The most sought-after expression of patronage was a grant of land, conferring both wealth and status.
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So they use the public sector not to provide services but to dispense patronage; they use trade protection to distribute favours.
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The Restoration brought back the Stuarts but not intensive royal patronage.
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Poor patronage for the art had forced the artistes to take up alternative employment for a living.
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Medical technology has enabled scientific medicine to vanquish its rivals in the medical marketplace in the quest for patient patronage and health insurance funds.
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Such cheating and corruption thrive due to political patronage and the complicity of the authorities who are supposed to protect the citizen's interests.
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For such a drastic withdrawal of government patronage would help cut off the progressive agenda at the knees.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Transport Secretary also claimed there had been substantial increases in bus patronage, including in Leeds.
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Status, rank, and patronage opportunities had rarely been of greater importance and even remote family connections could be of real use.
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At this time it was necessary for scientists to obtain patronage from their kings, princes or rulers.
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The scale and complexity of the war exposed in Britain weak systems and the pernicious influence of patronage.
The Times Literary Supplement
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In 1830, it was granted royal patronage by Queen Victoria and became the Manchester Royal Infirmary.
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The painting represents symbolically the relationship of papal patronage of artists and its difficulties.
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It is one of those places that you should go to, simply because it will get better with patronage - it has potential, although it's still unformed.
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As an artist I rely upon the support and patronage of a public audience; I rely upon my words and images being seen as I created them.
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In Austria and neighboring regions, glassmaking enjoyed royal patronage and the Venetian style was introduced with royal support.
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Two decisions, both reeking of political patronage, were most important in influencing the control of Australia's media.
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In recognition of their services, he heaped his ministers with titles and honours, and their wider families with patronage.
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Again, she lied with good reason: to avoid being identified as a vindictive political power player who used the F.B.I. to ruin the lives of people standing in the way of juicy patronage.
Clintons Release 2000-2006 Returns: Earned $110 Million, Paid $33 Million In Taxes
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One man who did take time to visit Hudson is Lord Puttnam, whose patronage led to Hudson helming Chariots Of Fire after a long apprenticeship in documentaries.
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The film highlights the immense power and patronage of the church.
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Just so much criticism had to be encouraged to galvanise corrupt or inefficient party bureaucrats and the patronage system which placed a premium on who you knew.
The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
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Instead patronage increased only at a rate of between 2 and 4 percent annually.
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The political motives that lay behind this patronage in no way detract from the superb aesthetic achievement that it produced.
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There were food handouts, but in many cases these were forms of patronage ahead of the vote rather than targeted relief.
Times, Sunday Times
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The tone of mingled patronage and possession in which her guest spoke of her own two particular sacred totems, vicar and vicaress, incensed her highly.
The Far Horizon
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Without the patronage of several large firms, the festival could not take place.
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It was confirmed yesterday that a new pro-am tournament, still under Dunhill's patronage, will replace the Cup next October.
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Imperial authorities also used their powers of patronage or appointment, the mechanisms of taxation, and the provision of public works, to the same end.
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In 1824 Gould set up his taxidermy business in London and became the first taxidermist to enjoy royal patronage when he stuffed a Thick Knee'd Bustard for King George IV.
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The Conservative Party enjoys the patronage of much of the business community.
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The first exhibition devoted to the collection formed by the Queen Mother reflects her interest in and patronage of contemporary artists from the 1930s onwards.
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This degree of control over the inheritances and marriages of the wealthiest people in the kingdom meant that the king's powers of patronage were immense.
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There is a large diocesan college at Violet Hill near Newry which is under the patronage of St. Colman.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
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The comparatively large sums involved conferred on all these agencies a substantial power of patronage over recipient institutions.
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In this lucrative post he distributed many patronage jobs, rewarding party loyalists while also seeking to recognize merit.
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Fourieristic phalanx in Texas, under the liberal patronage of J.B.A. Godin, the godfather of Fourierism in France who founded at Guise the only really successful phalanx.
Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making
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The crowning reform in Britain in the 1850s was the abolition of appointment by political patronage in favour of competitive examination.
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Andrew Johnson, with all the patronage of the nation, had not the influence of "Nasby" with his one newspaper.
Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays
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The possibilities of patronage from public bodies and an audience in public spaces were political arguments in favour of mural painting for some artists.
The Times Literary Supplement
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His patronage lasted to 1827 and resulted in the town's Regency squares and terraces.
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In the past the civil service was used as an employment office for political patronage.
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No, both the Labor and Liberal Parties have always used their patronage system to sometimes stack the board with party political hacks.
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I cannot boast of the friendship or favour of princes; the patronage of English literature has long since been devolved on our booksellers, and the measure of their liberality is the least ambiguous test of our common success.
Memoirs of My Life and Writings
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they encouraged customers with a premium for loyal patronage
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That's a tall order, especially without the kind of patronage the possibility of power provides.
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There were food handouts, but in many cases these were forms of patronage ahead of the vote rather than targeted relief.
Times, Sunday Times
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It is said that pregnant women were assured a smooth delivery when they drank from his cup, hence his patronage.
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He minted coins and his patronage of continental missionary activity is a noticeable feature of his reign.
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This distribution of patronage is an important component in the president's political armoury, since by his choices he determines the political complexion of the government.
The Government and Politics of France
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Immigration has enriched the range of restaurants, and restaurant patronage is rising.
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Local party activism is integral to the web of public service, patronage and interest on which accountable democracy depends.
Times, Sunday Times
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Apparently partisan house cleaning and patronage pay-offs are considered routine at the Corporation Commission.
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The unwise patronage policy of the Santa Anna administration had been very costly.
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Without the patronage of readers like you at home, none of this would be possible.
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The Woodvilles' assimilation into the political community was further eased by a less aggressive manipulation of royal patronage on their behalf.
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Maria Enriquez de Cespedes, through the devotion that they bore to our institute and to the holy neo-thaumaturgus Nicolàs de Tolentino (at whose intercession a son was born to him, who died shortly afterward, the same lady having petitioned our glorious father to negotiate with God so that that son might not live if he were to grow up bad and a sinner), assumed the patronage of the church and convent.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 21 of 55 1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the
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Many restaurants were reluctant to participate in this study, believing it might interfere with customer patronage or employee service.
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The patronage of a daimyo allowed the potteries to aim for the highest quality without regard to cost.
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Patronage of the arts comes mostly from businesses and private individuals.
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It is no longer a secret that every communal atrocity, every instance of corruption and oppression, presupposes political protection and patronage.
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He or she will also have considerable patronage in making appointments to groups.
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Prior to the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1747, those nobles who possessed extensive judicial rights controlled their own patronage.
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There was a wonderful air of benignity and patronage in his manner.
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Many artists who were dislodged from the Mughal ateliers during the rule of Aurangzeb, migrated to the Bikaner court in search of new patronage.
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Scottish islesman, and related to the Earl of Antrim, to whose patronage he owed the command assigned him in the Irish troops.
A Legend of Montrose
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The Woodvilles' assimilation into the political community was further eased by a less aggressive manipulation of royal patronage on their behalf.
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I swallowed hard, recalling that the man I was verbally jousting with has enjoyed his own significant share of that patronage down the years.
