Usually means: Advocate, protector in religious tradition.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. patron saint: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. patron saint: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. patron saint: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. patron saint: Collins English Dictionary
  5. patron saint: Vocabulary.com
  6. patron-saint, patron saint: Wordnik
  7. patron saint: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. patron saint: Wiktionary
  9. patron saint: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. patron saint: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. patron saint: Dictionary.com
  12. Patron Saint, Patron saint: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. patron saint: Rhymezone
  14. patron saint: Free Dictionary
  15. patron saint: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. patron saint: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. patron saint: Encyclopedia

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  1. patron saint: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See patron_saints as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (patron saint)

noun:  (Christianity) 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.
noun:  (figuratively) An exemplar: an individual who exemplifies some trait or group.

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