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Meanings of great patron in English

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Usage of great patron in English
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He was a great patron of learned Greeks who fled to Italy.
The History of Education / Educational Practice and Progress Con...
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He was a great patron of Chaucer, and much respected by him.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volum...
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He was a great patron of Telford's, as we shall afterwards find.
The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer / With an Introductor...
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M. Thiers was Minister of France, the great patron of the English alliance.
The Second Funeral of Napoleon
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The Dean was a great patron of Berkeley's in those early London days.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume II
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Yes, but for all his faults, he was a great patron of the arts.
Rogues
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His great patron was Messala, whom he accompanied in B.C.
A Smaller History of Rome
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He is a great patron of yours, is he not?
The Pawns Count
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In Dublin the Franciscans were established by the munificence of their great patron, Henry III.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800
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King Alfred was a great patron of the arts.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages / A Description of Mediaeval ...
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He was a prelate of vast wealth and a great patron of arts and letters.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
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For Mr Murdoch was a great patron of sport.
The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
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Oh,-tosome great patron of a borough;-orto a club;-orperhaps to some great firm.
Phineas Finn / The Irish Member
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Like his great patron, St. Paul, "What wilt Thou have me to do?"
Life of Father Hecker
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He was a great patron of humanist scholarship.
1492 the year our world began
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His Grace had been a great patron and a zealous administrator of the New Poor Law.
Coningsby; Or, The New Generation
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