单词 | pre-patrician |
释义 | > as lemmaspre-Patrician pre-Patrician adj. Brit. /ˌpriːpəˈtrɪʃn/ , U.S. /ˌpripəˈtrɪʃən/ occurring or existing before the time of St Patrick (fl. 5th cent.), patron saint of Ireland.ΚΠ 1890 J. Healey Irel. Anc. Schools 28 Another pre-Patrician, if not pre-Christian poet..was Torna Eigas. 1955 H. G. Leask Irish Churches & Monastic Buildings I. ii. 5 No trace remains of any pre-Patrician church building nor, indeed, can we assign any structure extant to the times of the national apostle. 2000 Irish Times (Nexis) 27 Mar. (Features section) 12 Patrick and the early Celtic church built on the pre-Patrician church in Ireland. < as lemmas |
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