Definition of Patroness. Meaning of Patroness. Synonyms of Patroness

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Definition of Patroness

Patroness
Patroness Pa"tron*ess, n. [Cf. F. patronnesse.] A female patron or helper. --Spenser. Night, best patroness of grief. --Milton.

Meaning of Patroness from wikipedia

- Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another. In the history of art, art...
- A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy...
- Mother Patroness (Russian: Мать-Покровительница, Mat’-Pokrovitel’nitsa; Chuvash: Aнне-Пирĕшти, Anne-Pirĕshti) - a monument dedicated to his[clarification...
- 23 January 1881 – 1 June 1957), was an Italian heiress, socialite, and patroness of the arts in early 20th-century Europe. Luisa Adele Rosa Maria Amman...
- canonized as a saint. As a saint, Rose of Lima has been designated as a co-patroness of the Philippines, along with Pudentiana; both saints were moved to second-class...
- forty years caring for the aged and infirm. For this, she is called the patroness of seniors. Catherine Labouré was born on 2 May 1806, in the Burgundy...
- Montserrat monastery on Montserrat mountain in Catalonia, Spain. She is the patroness saint of Catalonia, an honour she shares with Saint George (Sant Jordi...
- was the husband of the prominent Cuban philanthropist Marta Abreu, the "Patroness of Cuba." Estévez was born in Matanzas, Cuba, to José Torcuato Estévez...
- widely venerated by Brazilian Catholics, who consider her as the prin****l patroness of Brazil. Historical accounts state that the statue was originally found...
- which prevented her from following the rule of life for the nuns. As patroness, she lived there in a room separate from the nuns' cells. She refused...