patron saint
noun
1
: a saint to whose protection and intercession a person, a society, a church, or a place is dedicated
2
: an original leader or prime exemplar
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Examples of patron saint in a Sentence
St. David is the patron saint of Wales.
St. Christopher is the patron saint of travelers.
The success of her books has made her the patron saint of a new literary movement.
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Daniel Wine, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
Post like Meghan Trainor There’s another pop star out there making unremarkable hits and posting her way through it: patron saint of Walgreens music Meghan Trainor.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Inspired by Saint Ambrogio, the patron saint of Milan, the first location bowed in 1936.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 23 Oct. 2024
Francis still looms as a patron saint for thalidomide survivors worldwide.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
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Daniel Wine, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
Post like Meghan Trainor There’s another pop star out there making unremarkable hits and posting her way through it: patron saint of Walgreens music Meghan Trainor.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Inspired by Saint Ambrogio, the patron saint of Milan, the first location bowed in 1936.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 23 Oct. 2024
Francis still looms as a patron saint for thalidomide survivors worldwide.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Patron saint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patron%20saint. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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