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sponsorship

/ˈspɑnsɚˌʃɪp/

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What does sponsorship mean?

noun

  1. The state or practice of being a sponsor.
  2. The aid or support provided by a sponsor; backing or patronage.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈspɑnsɚˌʃɪp/

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The conjecture of Baronius that the bell was named after St. John the Baptist, is even more startling than the accepted tradition of the Pope's sponsorship.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505
“A person of very high standing in our Brotherhood has made application for you to be received into our Order before the usual term and has proposed to me to be your sponsor. I consider it a sacred duty to fulfill that person’s wishes. Do you wish to enter the Brotherhood of Freemasons under my sponsorship?”
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
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Without effort, she took them with her into her ever widening circle of acquaintanceship, and the two Avonlea girls found their social pathway at Redmond made very easy and pleasant for them, to the envy and wonderment of the other freshettes, who, lacking Philippa’s sponsorship, were doomed to remain rather on the fringe of things during their first college year.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of the IslandProject Gutenberg ebook #51