Crossword-Solution: PATRON
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Patron | n. | One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. |
| Patron | n. | A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him. |
| Patron | n. | A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself. |
| Patron | n. | An advocate or pleader. |
| Patron | n. | One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art. |
| Patron | n. | One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. |
| Patron | n. | A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint. |
| Patron | n. | See Padrone, 2. |
| Patron | v. t. | To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. |
| Patron | a. | Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PATRON | anagram | NOPART, PARTON, TARPON |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with PATRON (5)
Say Heav’nly Powers, where shall we find such love, Which of ye will be mortal to redeem Mans mortal crime, and just th’ unjust to save, Dwels in all Heaven charitie so deare? He ask’d, but all the Heav’nly Quire stood mute, And silence was in Heav’n: on mans behalf Patron or Intercessor none appeerd, Much less that durst upon his own head draw The deadly forfeiture, and ransom set.
Mercury soon appeared and said to him, “O thou most base fellow? how can I believe thee, who hast disowned and wronged thy former patron?” The North Wind and the Sun THE NORTH WIND and the Sun disputed as to which was the most powerful, and agreed that he should be declared the victor who could first strip a wayfaring man of his clothes.
Hard by, the Titan, he who bears the torch, Prometheus, has his worship; but the spot Thou treadest, the Brass-footed Threshold named, Is Athens’ bastion, and the neighboring lands Claim as their chief and patron yonder knight Colonus, and in common bear his name.
Then, he thought, how soon he’d turn his back upon the old schoolhouse; snap his fingers in the face of Hans Van Ripper, and every other niggardly patron, and kick any itinerant pedagogue out of doors that should dare to call him comrade! Old Baltus Van Tassel moved about among his guests with a face dilated with content and good humor, round and jolly as the harvest moon.
She described a patron of a rural public library who comes in every day on his lunch hour and literally reads AM, methodically going through the collection image by image.
Quotes with PATRON (3)
The library smells like old books — a thousand leather doorways into other worlds. I hear silence, like the mind of God. I feel a presence in the empty chair beside me. The librarian watches me suspiciously. But the library is a sacred place, and I sit with the patron saint of readers. Pulsing goddess light moves through me for one moment like a glimpse of eternity instantly forgotten. She is gone. I smell mold, I hear the clock ticking, I see an empty chair. Ask me now and I…
With heart at rest I climbed the citadel'sSteep height, and saw the city as from a tower, Hospital, brothel, prison, and such hells, Where evil comes up softly like a flower. Thou knowest, O Satan, patron of my pain, Not for vain tears I went up at that hour; But like an old sad faithful lecher, fain To drink delight of that enormous trull Whose hellish beauty makes me young again. Whether thou sleep, with heavy vapors full, Sodden with day, or, new appareled, stand In gold-l…
My former bishop Allan Bjorberg once said that the greatest spiritual practice isn't yoga or praying the hours or living in intentional poverty, although these are all beautiful in their own way. The greatest spiritual practice is just showing up. And Mary Magdalene is the patron saint of just showing up. Showing up, to me, means being present to what is real, what is actually happening. Mary Magdalene didn't necessarily know what to say or what to do or even what to think wh…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 66 times in crossword archives (1946–2024).