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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 936 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PATTERN , a See also:

model, that which serves as an See also:original from which similar See also:objects may be made, or as an example or specimen; in particular an See also:artistic See also:design serving as a See also:sample or model, hence the arrangement or grouping of lines, figures, &c., which make up such a design. The word was taken from Fr. See also:patron, See also:Lat. patronus, a defender or See also:protector. In See also:medieval Latin patronus had the specific meaning of example, and in See also:modern See also:French both meanings of patron and pattern .attach to patron. " Patron " in the sense of copy, example, began to be See also:pro- nounced and spelled in See also:England as " pattern " in the 16th See also:century.

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