the right of disposing a church or benefice, and enjoying several other privileges, such as having the honourable rights of the church, being interred in the chancel, &c.

Arms of Patronage, in heraldry, are those on the top of which are some marks of subjection and dependance; thus the city of Paris bears the fleurs-de-lis in chief, to shew her subjection to the king; and the cardinals on the top of their arms, bear those of the pope, who gave them the hat, to shew that they are his creatures.