patroness

Example Sentences

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Authorities estimated that over five million faithful visited the Basilica during the days leading up to the annual celebration of the country’s patroness.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023

Many stopped to kiss an icon of the patroness of their city, which an employee of the church said had been pulled from the rubble.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2023

Today, Dymphna is known as the patroness of nervous disorders and mental disease, depression and incest, but she is not the only saint who can help the faithful in times of mental anguish.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2022

On a show like "Ted Lasso," for example, a filthy rich patroness may offer to solve a salaried friend's problems with getting a seat at a favorite restaurant by buying the place.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2021

She included her in the Friday sessions and raised her in the greatest intimacy with spirits, with the members of secret societies, and with the impoverished artists whose patroness she was.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende