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patron saint

noun as in guardian saint

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At the time, last March, the then-46-year-old Omidyar was being heralded as a patron saint of the financially beleaguered newsbiz.

Even the patron saint of teenage girls, Judy Blume, is featured on the back cover with a blurb for the book.

He subsequently spread the faith to what became Russia, which embraces him as a patron saint.

A decaying statue of St. Lucia, patron saint of the blind, holds a platter with two eyes.

They filed out beneath the stained-glass windows depicting the patron saint of beekeepers and candle makers.

It was believed in Ypres that the town had been saved by the intercession of the Virgin Mary, its patron saint.

She took part in the erection of the Cathedral of Ely amid the morasses of the “Fen” country, and was chosen as its patron saint.

San Francisco Bay, the harbor the Franciscans named for their patron saint, is noted for its picturesque scenery.

Piran, the patron saint of tinners, would hardly have called down such a curse, though he might have done so if greatly provoked.

Meeting, therefore, on so auspicious a day as that of the patron saint, might in "merrie time" of old induce a little festivity.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to patron saint, such as: guardian angel, beatified soul, canonized mortal, saint and martyr, and tutelary saint.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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