单词 | patronal |
释义 | patronaladj. 1. Of or relating to a patron or patron saint; of the nature of a patron. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > protecting as a patron or guardian > as a divinity, angel, or saint tutelar1600 patronal1606 tutelary1611 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xix. sig. F2 So if rightly we reason the patronall right, their tittle beeing onerous and not lucratiue, they ought the Kirk a plane patrociny and protection of law. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 12 Their Penates and Patronall gods. View more context for this quotation 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Patronal, protecting; supporting; guarding; defending; doing the office of a patron. 1868 W. Smith Smaller Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. (ed. 7) at Patronus It was the duty of the patron to support his freedman in case of necessity, and if he did not, he lost his patronal rights. 1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Feb. 175/4 The assertion..that as litigants they could face court proceeding ‘with confidence’ because of patronal support must be argued for; it cannot merely be assumed. 2. Designating a celebration of the feast day of the patron saint of a church or place; esp. in patronal festival. ΚΠ 1834 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Seine (1835) 229 One might have thought..that it was the patronal fête of the town. 1875 Amer. Cycl. XIII. 16/1 The pallium is made at Rome of the wool shorn from two lambs which the sisterhood of Santa Agnese on the via Nomentana offer every year on their patronal feast. 1905 Times 23 June 10/1 The annual social gatherings of the congregation and friends of St. Alban's, Holborn, in celebration of the patronal festival, were held yesterday. 1991 T. Mitchell Blood Sport i. 37 Too vast a stretch of time divides the cave paintings of Altamira from the patronal fiestas of modern-day Spain. 2002 Ringing World 2 Aug. 799/2 (advt.) On Sea Sunday, for Choral Evensong one week before the Patronal Festival. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1606 |
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