OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 20558

patron saint

/ˈpeɪtɹən ˈseɪnt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
patrono • santo patrono • santo patrón
A saint conceived as the patron (protector or supporter) of a particular place, group, person, or activity, for whom or for which his or her intercession is specially invoked.
My patron saint, St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco—also known as “St. John the Wonderworker”—is particularly noteworthy in this regard […]
When Aimé Humbert joined Josephine in Paris, he visited the Inspector of Police, and was so depressed by his meeting that she sent him to the Louvre ‘to look at the wonderful paint…
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