Dictionary

patron saint en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈpeɪtɹən ˈseɪnt/

Meanings

1. A saint conceived as the patron (protector or supporter) of a particular place, group, person, or activity, for whom or for which his or her intercession is specially invoked.
   • My patron saint, St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco—also known as “St. John the Wonderworker”—is particularly noteworthy in this regard […] 2016 July 8, Wesley J. Smith, “St. John the Wonderworker”, in First Things:
   • When Aimé Humbert joined Josephine in Paris, he visited the Inspector of Police, and was so depressed by his meeting that she sent him to the Louvre ‘to look at the wonderful painting of St Marguerite, the patron saint of purity, trampling down the hideous dragon and looking so calm and peaceful’. 2014, Helen Mathers, Patron Saint of Prostitutes: Josephine Butler and a Victorian Scandal, History Press, →ISBN:
   • Entering the tunnel, we pass a small shrine above our heads which contains a statue of St Barbara, the patron saint of tunnellers. It is traditional to have such shrines on every tunnel site. 2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41:
2. (figuratively) An exemplar: an individual who exemplifies some trait or group.
   • Janet is the patron saint of procrastination. I'm thinking of erecting her a shrine of doughnut boxes in the breakroom.

Forms

Relateds

tutelary deity

Synonyms

symbol · sample · example · case · specimen · exemplificator · archetype · byspel · incarnation · representative · paradigm · Exhibit A · eponym · illustration · beau ideal · quintessence · epitome · exemplification · prototype · ur-type · embodiment · instance · exemplar · case in point

Translations (35)

pl patron (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · de Schutzheilige (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · ru свято́й покрови́тель (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · nl beschermheilige (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · es santo patrón (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · hu védőszent (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · da skytshelgen (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · sv skyddshelgon (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · it santo patrono (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · cy nawddsant (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · de Schutzpatron (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · gl patrono (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · ga éarlamh (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · pt orago (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · fi suojeluspyhimys (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · vi thánh quan thầy (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · es patrono (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · fr saint patron (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · ja 守護聖人 (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · pt patrono (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · ru обра́зчик (exemplar) · eo patrono (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · tl pintakasi (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · sga érlam (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · is verndardýrlingur (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · de Schutzpatronin (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · cmn 主保聖人 /主保圣人 (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · de Schutzheiliger (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · pt padroeiro (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · pl patron (exemplar) · uk святий покровитель (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · ro sfânt patron (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · es santo patrono (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · ko 수호성인 (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) · gd naomh-taice (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer)

wikipedia: Anthony of Padua