as in: a patron saint Define
in some Christian denominations: a saint who is thought to look after a group, activity, or place
- In one place the peasants presented him with bread and salt and an icon of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, asking permission, as a mark of their gratitude for the benefits he had conferred on them, to build a new chantry to the church at their own expense in honor of Peter and Paul, his patron saints.
- Saint George is the patron saint of soldiers.
- The statue in the garden is of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
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a customer -- especially a regular one
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in some Christian denominations: a saint who is thought to look after a group, activity, or place
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