patronal

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin patronalis; compare French patronal.

Adjective

patronal (comparative more patronal, superlative most patronal)

1. patron; protecting; favouring
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir Thomas Browne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Lest the name thereof being discovered unto their enemies, their penates and patronal god might be called forth by charms and incantations.

   • 2013, Michael Bhaskar, The Content Machine:

     Nor has the state lost its patronal role, with ministries of culture and publicly funded arts bodies sustaining the cultural economy.

2. Pertaining to a strong authoritarian leader who controls access to resources.
   • 1988, Dietrich Denecke, ‎Gareth Shaw, ‎Alan R H Baker, Urban Historical Geography: Recent Progress in Britain and Germany, →ISBN:

     Aristocratic involvement in the development of towns and cities in nineteenth-entury Britain has long been recognised, but much less attention has been paid to the character of the patronal relationships which existed between aristocratic urban landlords and their tenantry.

   • 2012, Zeba A. Crook, Reconceptualising Conversion, →ISBN:

     Manumission loyalty also offers us insights into how ancient conversion might look in a context of patronage and benefaction, for slaves did not change patrons when they attained their freedom, but rather underwent a considerable change within the patronal relationship.

   • 2015, Henry E. Hale, Patronal Politics, →ISBN, page 455:

     In considering how the preceding analysis relates to the rest of the world, one can think of the post-Soviet countries as providing something like a pristine context in which to study the fundamental characteristics of patronal politics.

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French

Etymology

From patron +‎ -al. Compare Italian patronale.

Adjective

patronal (feminine patronale, masculine plural patronaux, feminine plural patronales)

1. (attributive) saint
2. (attributive) relating to an employer

Further reading

• “patronal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Etymology

patrono +‎ -al or patrón +‎ -al

Adjective

patronal m or f (masculine and feminine plural patronales)

1. (attributive) patron saint
2. patronal
3. (attributive) owner of a house where someone is a guest
4. (attributive) employer
5. (attributive) management
6. (attributive, nautical) skipper

Noun

patronal f (plural patronales)

1. management
2. employers