单词 | patron saint |
释义 | patron saint From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Christianitypatron saintˌpatron ˈsaint noun [countable]RRCa Christian saint who people believe gives special protection to a particular place, activity, or personpatron saint of St. Christopher, the patron saint of travellersExamples from the Corpuspatron saint• But the parish comprising One Row and the long-since destroyed West Hartburn kept the name of its patron saint.• Andrew Carnegie has been called the patron saint of compassionate capitalism.• And the ultimate irony about Saint-Mames is that that particular saint Saint-Mames is the patron saint of the stomach.• Perseus was the patron saint of poets.patron saint of• St. Christopher, the patron saint of travelers |
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