noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
patron saint
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St. Christopher, the patron saint of travellers
saint's day
the patience of Job/a saint (= very great patience )
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Those children would try the patience of a saint.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
patron
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Andrew Carnegie has been called the patron saint of compassionate capitalism.
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He said the date was chosen to coincide with the feast of St Teresa of Lisieux, patron saint of the missions.
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The family patron saints men feel drawn to are distinct from those chosen by women.
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Perseus was the patron saint of poets.
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Every trade took a holiday on the day of its patron saint .
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And the ultimate irony about Saint-Mames is that that particular saint Saint-Mames is the patron saint of the stomach.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I always thought she was a selfish woman but she was an absolute saint compared to Abigail.
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Thanks so much for doing that. You're a saint .
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Your mother's a saint . She's done so much to help us.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Among all the saints sat an unbeliever.
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As he marched south Clovis was careful not to alienate the catholic Church or its saints.
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Dagobert receives no entry in the dictionaries of saints and no trace of him is on public view at Stenay.
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Members of the family, coached by Nicholas, would relate stories from secular histories or the lives of saints.
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Ordination doesn't make you a saint .
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The statue of the patron saint , Francis Xavier, oversees all from behind the altar.
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The tall, narrow windows each had a saint in stained glass.
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Was I not right about the wee lass, saints preserve her!