Again, in the foresaid act, they confirm all the article of the 114th _Act_, 1592, except the part of it anent patronages, which is to be afterward considered. ❋ The Reformed Presbytery (N/A)
The spokesman said the duchess had a busy schedule of meetings with charity representatives to allow her to understand the work of her husband's patronages and to decide which causes she wishes to support. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The charities are intended to complement her husband Prince William's own patronages of the Royal Marsden hospital and the Well Child and Child Bereavement charities. ❋ Unknown (2012)
Besides being a patron of the Universal Church, of fathers, of families, and so many other patronages, he is also one of the most beloved saint of Sicilians, Italians, and Italian-Americans. ❋ Jennifer Gregory Miller (2009)
A Toronto reader inquired: "Perhaps the pious tradition of patron saints indicates that the saints can take some initiative in intercession, at least in their 'patronages.'" ❋ Papabear (2008)
I would say that this could be true only in part because patronages do not stem from the initiative of the saints but from the initiative of those, whether individuals, groups or the universal Church, who invoke their patronage. ❋ Papabear (2008)
People working under different projects there are like quasi-government employees and enjoy patronages from time to time. ❋ Tusar N Mohapatra (2008)
Of his many patronages he is the patron of bee keepers, bees, and candlemakers. ❋ Jessica (2008)
It is our wish that there should be a race set apart in this happy country, who shall hold the first rank, have the first prizes and chances in all government jobs and patronages. ❋ Unknown (2006)
He is going to be spending a bit of time in the city of London learning about finance, which is going to hold him in good stead because eventually he's going to be heading up with patronages and presidencies of a number of charities that he'll pick in due course. ❋ Unknown (2005)
As her interests moved into the world of health she found that she had less time to devote to her portfolio of patronages and sometimes this had awkward results. ❋ ANDREW MORTON (1992)
In like manner they reject and condemn that gross invasion and encroachment upon the church's liberties, by the intrusion of popish patronages, whether imposed as a law by civil, or executed by ecclesiastical powers. ❋ The Reformed Presbytery (N/A)
Now, had the revolution parliament regarded the reforming laws to have been revived, and so the act rescissory to be rescinded, by their _Act_ 5th, 1690, they would not have left this particular to be again considered of, seeing patronages were entirely abolished by an act of parliament 1649; but, having the ball at their foot, they now acted as would best suit with their political and worldly views. ❋ The Reformed Presbytery (N/A)
It was before the church had shaken off the intolerable yokes of Erastian supremacy and patronages; before she had ecclesiastically asserted, and practically maintained, her spiritual and scriptural claim of right, namely, the divine right of presbytery, and intrinsic power of the church, the two special gems of Christ's crown, as King on his holy hill of Zion; before the explanation of the national covenant, as condemning episcopacy, the five articles of ❋ The Reformed Presbytery (N/A)
An example of [patronage] is electing a man who is clearly suffering from a mental [decline], and a woman who has ruined several people's lives just because she is a woman, to [get rid of] a man whom you hate for no reason.
[Oh, wait].
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"Hey [are we] still [up for] our [fantastical patronage] tonight?" ❋ Sonicfast (2007)
