Maecenas noun.
[mʌɪ'si:nǝs] M16.[Gaius Maecenas (d. 8 BC), Roman friend of Augustus, statesman, and patron of Horace and Virgil.]A generous patron of literature or art. Formerly also, any patron.
■ Maecenatism noun (long
rare) patronage
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