patroness Definition
pa·tron·ess (pā′trə nis)
noun
a female patron
patroness Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- music: However, a meeting with Mrs Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, the American patroness of chamber music, changed all this.
- art: Minerva was the goddess of wisdom, and a patroness of arts and trades.
- city: On the top of the hill lies the ' Ermita de la Virgen de Belén ' , the patroness of the city.
- poet: She was herself a distinguished scholar and poet as well as a patroness of poets and writers.
- church: A well, named after St Catherine, patroness of the little church, is said to have existed here. ' ( Horne ).
- order: The image depicts Our Lady as the patroness of the Order of Carmel.
Converse of object
become: When she became Patroness, there were only 18 Fellows, compared with the present 78.
Adjective modifier
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