PATRON SAINT

Meaning of PATRON SAINT in English

noun

a Christian saint who is believed to protect a particular place or group of people :

St Patrick, Ireland's patron saint

St Christopher, patron saint of travellers

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

PATRON SAINT — noun Date: 1717 a saint to whose protection and intercession a person, a society, a church, or a place is …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PATRON SAINT — Saint to whose protection and intercession a person, society, church, place, profession, or activity is dedicated. The choice is usually …
Английский словарь Британика
PATRON SAINT — noun 1. : a saint to whose protection and intercession a person, a society, a church, or a place is …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PATRON SAINT — a saint regarded as the special guardian of a person, group, trade, country, etc. [ 1710-20 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PATRON SAINT — n. protective saint, saint that is especially sacred to a certain region
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PATRON SAINT — Date: 1717 1. : a saint to whose protection and intercession a person, a society, a church, or a place …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PATRON SAINT — Function: noun Date: 1717 1 : a saint to whose protection and intercession a person, a society, a church, or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PATRON SAINT — ■ noun the protecting or guiding saint of a person or place.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PATRON SAINT — [patron saint] n (1717) 1: a saint to whose protection and intercession a person, a society, a church, or a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PATRON SAINT — saint to whose protection and intercession a person, a society, a church, or a place is dedicated. The choice is …
Britannica English vocabulary
PATRON SAINT — ˌpatron ˈsaint BrE AmE noun [countable] a Christian ↑ saint who people believe gives special protection to a particular place, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PATRON SAINT — ( patron saints) The patron saint of a place, an activity, or a group of people is a saint who …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PATRON SAINT — (~s) The ~ of a place, an activity, or a group of people is a saint who is believed to …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PATRON SAINT — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And the ultimate irony about Saint-Mames is that that particular saint Saint-Mames is the patron …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PATRON SAINT — Saint to whose protection and intercession a person, society, church, place, profession, or activity is dedicated. The choice is usually …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PATRON SAINT — Function: noun a saint to whose protection and intercession a person, society, church, or place is dedicated FF1C; Saint Christopher …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PATRON SAINT — noun a saint to whose protection and intercession a person, society, church, or place is dedicated Saint Christopher is the …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PATRON SAINT — святой-покровитель
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PATRON SAINT — святой-покровитель
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SAINT — Saint James: One of the 12 apostles, he was a member of the inner circle of Jesus Christs disciples. He …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
SAINT
Английский словарь Британика
SAINT — I. ˈsānt, when a name follows (|)sānt or sə̇nt, when a name follows that begins with a consonant chiefly Brit …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PATRON — I. ˈpā.trən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English patroun, from Middle French patrun, patron, from Medieval Latin & Latin; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAINT — (v. i.) To act or live as a saint.
Английский словарь Webster
SAINT — (v. t.) To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; …
Английский словарь Webster
PATRON — (v. t.) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.
Английский словарь Webster
PATRON — (n.) A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
Английский словарь Webster
PATRON — (n.) One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron …
Английский словарь Webster
SAINT — ( v. t. ) To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SAINT — ( v. i. ) To act or live as a saint.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PATRON — ( v. t. ) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PATRON — ( n. ) One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PATRON — ( n. ) A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PATRON — ( a. ) Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SAINT — — saintless , adj. /saynt/ , n. 1. any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PATRON — — patronal, patronly , adj. — patrondom, patronship , n. — patronless , adj. /pay"treuhn/ , n. 1. a person …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SAINT — v. recognize as a saint; canonize, add to the list of saints officially recognized by the Christian Church
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SAINT — I. ˈsānt, before a name (ˌ)sānt or sənt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French seint, saint, from Late Latin sanctus, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PATRON — pa-ˈtrōⁿ noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin patronus patron saint, patron of a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SAINT — noun one canonized by the church. 2. saint ·vi to act or live as a saint. 3. saint ·noun one …
Webster English vocab
PATRON — noun ·see padrone, 2. 2. patron ·noun an advocate or pleader. 3. patron ·noun a guardian saint. called also …
Webster English vocab
SAINT — [saint] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. LL sanctus, fr. L, sacred, fr. pp. of sancire to make sacred--more at sacred] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PATRON — [pa.tron] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. ML & L; ML patronus patron saint, patron of a benefice, pattern, fr. L, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SAINT — a person believed to be connected in a special manner with what is viewed as sacred reality, such as God, …
Britannica English vocabulary
SAINT : — as a title with a personal name, see under personal name (e.g., Cyprian, Saint). As a part of a place-name …
Britannica English vocabulary
SAINT — saint, Saint strong form BrE AmE seɪnt , weak form s ə n t —but in French names sæ̃ —French …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PATRON — patron BrE AmE ˈpeɪtr ə n ▷ patron|s z ▶ ˌ patron ˈ saint BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SAINT — / seɪnt; NAmE ; or, in British use before names, snt/ noun 1. ( abbr. S , St ) a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PATRON — / ˈpeɪtrən; NAmE / noun 1. a person who gives money and support to artists and writers : Frederick the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAINT — saint /seɪnt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Late Latin sanctus , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PATRON — pa ‧ tron /ˈpeɪtrən/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Medieval Latin ; Origin: patronus , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SAINT — n. & v. --n. (abbr. St or S; pl. Sts or SS) 1 a holy or (in some Churches) a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SAINT — n. & v. n. (abbr. St or S; pl. Sts or SS) 1 a holy or (in some Churches) a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PATRON — n. (fem. patroness) 1 a person who gives financial or other support to a person, cause, work of art, etc., …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SAINT — n. & v. --n. (abbr. St or S; pl. Sts or SS) 1. a holy or (in some Churches) a …
Oxford English vocab
PATRON — n. (fem. patroness) 1. a person who gives financial or other support to a person, cause, work of art, etc., …
Oxford English vocab
SAINT — The title is usually pronounced /sənt/. ( saints) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PATRON — ( patrons) 1. A patron is a person who supports and gives money to artists, writers, or musicians. Catherine the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAINT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES patron saint ▪ St. Christopher, the patron saint of travellers saint's day the patience of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PATRON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES patron saint ▪ St. Christopher, the patron saint of travellers COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAINT — abbreviation St [noun] [C] - (the title given to) a person who has received an official honour from the Christian, …
Cambridge English vocab
PATRON — (SUPPORTER) [noun] [C] - a person or group that supports an activity or organization, esp. by giving money, or an …
Cambridge English vocab
SAINT
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SAINT — A piece of spoilt timber in a coach-maker's shop, like a saint, devoted to the flames. SAINT GEOFFREY'S DAY. Never, …
Slang English vocab

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