Example Sentences

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Of The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus: "One is inclined to think that almost all Christians now have taken them for patron-saints."

From Time Magazine Archive

For such as thou art, there are other patron-saints.

From Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von

Oh, do not leave me in the lurch,— I'll cry, ye patron-saints of Lille!

From Ballads by Thackeray, William Makepeace

O do not leave me in the lurch,—   I'll cry ye patron-saints of Lille!

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

The Renaissance people all did contemporary work, under pretence of doing historical: contemporary types for Madonnas, local landscapes for Oriental scenery, up-to-date dresses for New Testament episodes, portraits of their patrons for patron-saints and apostles.

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel