An advocate, patron, or protector; esp. a patron saint.
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > protector or patron > divinity, angel, or saint (16) avowe1297 An advocate, patron, or protector; esp. a patron saint. angel1340 Frequently with possessive. An attendant spirit, esp. a benevolent one viewed as watching over or protecting a person; such a spirit considered as… avowrya1387 Advocacy, protection or authority personified: a protector, a patron; esp. a patron saint, chosen for one's advocacy in heaven. (Rarely attributive.) patrona1387 A saint to whose intercession and protection a person, place, occupation, etc., is specially entrusted. Now more fully patron saint, n. avourec1450 = avowry, n. 2. familiar angelc1450 a guardian angel. advocator1483 A guardian, protector, or patron saint; = advocate, n. 3. Obsolete. vower1488 A guardian, patron. tutelar1603 One who is tutelar; a tutelar deity, angel, or saint. Also transferred and figurative. titular1621 Roman Catholic Church. A saint, angel, etc., after whom or which a church is named. guardian angela1631 an angel conceived as watching over or protecting a particular person or place; also transferred. tutelary1652 = tutelar, n. guardian1667 One who guards, protects, or preserves; a keeper, defender; ‘one to whom the care and preservation of any thing is committed’ (Johnson); sometimes =… patron saint1703 A saint chosen or regarded as a protector of or intercessor for a person, place, occupation, etc. Also in extended use. warden-angel1845 advowee1863 A patron saint. Cf. avowe, n. Obsolete. rare. |
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