| 单词 | patron saint |
| 释义 | patron saint noun[C] uk/ˌpeɪ.trən ˈseɪnt/us/ˌpeɪ.trən ˈseɪnt/aChristiansaintwho isbelievedto givespecialhelpto aparticularplace,activity,person, ortypeofobject: 守护圣人，主保圣人StJohnBosco is thepatronsaintofTurin.圣约翰‧博斯科是都灵的主保圣人。 Religious concepts: holiness
Examplesofpatron saintpatron saint Others are not as clear, because we do not know thepatronsaintof the town in question. From theCambridge English Corpus He's up for canonisation, and quite right too - in all probability as thepatronsaintof blistered feet. From theCambridge English Corpus The importance of this conclusion for music history lies not just in its clarification of the tangled case of music's mysteriouspatronsaint. From theCambridge English Corpus I hope that a park named after apatronsaintis an encouraging note on which to end these specific points. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the anniversary of thepatronsaintof my country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it ill behoves thepatronsaintof municipal lotteries to start worrying about municipal trading. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At this time a great deal of the steadfastness that characterised ourpatronsaintis called for. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Whom, then, should we nominate as ourpatronsaintfor this debate? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 By his own admission, he is thepatronsaintof lost causes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At one point, he was the arch-protector of market forces; now he is masquerading as thepatronsaintof intervention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But he will also go down as thepatronsaintof the under-the-counter economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Furthermore, each municipality has a holiday to honor itspatronsaint. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Such fairs then continued annually, usually on the feast day of thepatronsaintto whom the church was dedicated. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Each community in the borough, including the twelve main towns and each of these towns neighborhoods has apatronsaintcelebrated once a year. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It begins with a procession around the streets of the city, with each neighborhood carrying an image of itspatronsaint. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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