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patron saint noun
n [C] Definition
a Christian saint who is believed to give special help to a particular place, activity, person or type of object
St. John Bosco is the patron saint of Turin.
(Definition of patron saint noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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