patron-saint

Kalachakra is thus the Buddhist equivalent of the "patron-saint" of these sciences.

Taking the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 2 Overview of Kalachakra 1997

The Doctor was universally known in all the neighborhood as a sort of friend and patron-saint of the negro race; he had devoted himself to their interests with a zeal unusual in those days.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 Various

On November 15th British troops occupied Lydda, or Ludd, as it was afterwards called, which town, according to legend, contains the tomb of our patron-saint St. George.

With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett

It was the _festa_ of San Triphilio, patron-saint of the city of

The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull

It is very easy to see how Jeremiah, the patron-saint of Judah, would be installed in such a relation with the Danites after his death.

The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 Joseph Wild

They knew that within the Duomo, before the great altar where slept their patron-saint, ablaze now with lights and the marvel of the Pala d'Oro which was not for the sight of the eyes save on days of a _festa_ like this, the child of the Cornaro was waiting to be made the Daughter of Venice.

The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull

It was built by Charles of Blois, on his return from his captivity in England, and dedicated by him to St. Léonard, the patron-saint of prisoners — a contemporary of Clovis, from whom he obtained permission to set free all the captives he should find in the prisons.

Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser

Of greater interest is a legend of St. James the Elder, the patron-saint of Spain, a pilgrimage to whose shrine at Santiago in Galicia was so popular during the Middle Ages.

Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane

Jeremiah was the patron-saint for Ireland for a long time.

The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 Joseph Wild

This position, facing these who enter the church, is the usual one for St Christopher, for he was the patron-saint of travellers, and the size is in keeping with the tradition which speaks of the saint as standing twelve cubits high.

The Evolution of an English Town Gordon Home 1923