Patronage (disambiguation)
# Patronage (disambiguation)

Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another.

Patronage may also refer to:

* Patronage (transportation) or ridership, a statistical quantity of passengers
* Patronage (novel), an 1814 novel by Maria Edgeworth
* Spoils system or patronage system
* Ius patronatus or right of patronage in Roman Catholic canon law
* Patronage Rules or Benefices Rules, rules governing the appointment of patrons in the parish system in England
* Disputes over Patronage (lay) in the Church of Scotland led to it splitting on several occasions.
