单词 | plague saint |
释义 | > as lemmasplague saint plague saint n. a saint especially invoked in times of plague. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [noun] > invoked by those with plague plague saint1898 1898 Daily News 1 June 3/6 Venice is..saved by the intercession of her patron, St. Mark, her local plague-saints, Sebastian and Rocco. 2001 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 30 Sept. 1 And so we come to ‘the war saints’ (George and Theodore) and ‘the plague saints’ (Sebastian, Roch and Job). < as lemmas |
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