patronal

From Latin patronalis; compare French patronal.

patronal (comparative more patronal, superlative most patronal)

1. patron; protecting; favouring
   • Sir Thomas Browne

     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.

From patron +‎ -al. Compare Italian patronale.

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

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

• “patronal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

patrono +‎ -al or patrón +‎ -al

patronal (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

patronal f (plural patronales)

1. management
2. employers