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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PATRON, n.¹ Also Sc. forms paatron (Abd. 1909 J. Tennant Jeannie Jaffray 235), pawtron (Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xviii.; Kcb. 1895 Crockett Bog Myrtle vii.). Hence derivs. and comb. pawtronage (Sc. 1846 W. Cross Disruption xl.), paitronage (Abd. 1909 J. Tennant Jeannie Jaffray 47), patronage, most commonly in reference to the right of the chief heritor in a parish to present the minister to the church, the disputed principle which led to the Disruption of 1843; patron-call, id. (Abd. 1825 Jam.); pawtroneeze, to patronize (Sc. 1826 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1863) I. 121). [‡′pɑ:trən]