Associations to the word «Patroonship»

Wiktionary

PATROONSHIP, noun. (US) (historical) The position or office of a patroon; an estate run by a patroon, or under a similar system. [from 19th c.]

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats