Patrons are an influential, wealthy individual who supports another person like an artiste, a craftsperson, a learned man or a nobel.
The thousand years of history witnessed that there was a development in religious tradition.
There was an emergence of Brahmanas, that pries as dominant group in society.
Here patron helped to kept them dominants in the society and received prestige.
Final Answer:
Patron are the wealthy individual of a society who help other people which are dominant personality of a society.