patrons is a form of:

Obsession



noun
1.
~ (with about something somebody) (a fixed haunting idea) ការរំខាន, ការគិតមមៃ obsession with death ការគិតមមៃដល់ជានិច្ច
Example: His obsession with computers began six months ago.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
The act of besieging.
2.
The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.
1.
compulsion, craze, fascination, fixation, mania, passion