单词 | patron day |
释义 | patron dayn. The feast day of a patron saint, esp. in Ireland. Cf. patron n. 3c, pattern n. 13. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of saint > patron saint pardon1477 patron day1491 pattern1745 patron1841 1491 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) I. 328 Wytht mony wtheris diuerise beand present..on the patrone day at the said kyrk. 1528 in A. Mill Medieval Plays (1927) 142 For thair non riding one thair patrownn day. 1689 Irish Hudibras 13 (margin) St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March, the Patron Day of Ireland. 1710 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 599 In the act..is a clause against papists frequenting their saints wells on particular patron days. 1841 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland I. 280 The patron-day..attracts crowds of visitors. 1954 D. Thomson People of Sea v. 115 It was a patron day and the whole country folk used to assemble on this particular day. 2000 Reno Gaz.-Jrnl. (Nexis) 19 Aug. 3 d St Rose of Lima Patron Day—A Mass will be celebrated at 5:30 p.m. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1491 |
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