patron saint
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌpatron ˈsaint noun [countable] RRCa Christian saint who people believe gives special protection to a particular place, activity, or person 主保圣人patron saint of St. Christopher, the patron saint of travellers 圣克里斯托弗，旅行者的主保圣人
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patron 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 travelersˌpatron ˈsaint nounChineseSyllable
saint Christian a special Corpus who gives people believe
patron saint
ˌpatron ˈsaint
noun [countable]
a Christian saint who people believe gives special protection to a particular place, activity, or person
patron saint of
St. Christopher, the patron saint of travellers
ˌpatron ˈsaint
noun [countable]a Christian saint who people believe gives special protection to a particular place, activity, or person
patron saint of