Repairs and alterations The rector or patron was expected to repair the chancel, while parishioners repaired the nave. [noun]
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Inside the temple stood a colossal statue representing Athena, patron goddess of the city. [noun]
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Poetry is not a marketable commodity in England, save when it flatters a royal patron, or takes the vulgarer form of a stage-play. [noun]
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"That is what our fine gentlemen think; who are satisfied if their wit gets three days' acceptance, and some substantial compliment from the patron to whom they dedicate their trash." [noun]
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Pepys made allusions to an unhappy passion of his master and patron, Lord Sandwich, that had diverted his mind from public business, and was likely to bring him to disgrace. [noun]
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The adept departed with this assurance, in the firm resolution of making good the latter part of the proposition, and never again appearing before his injured patron. [noun]
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"And besides," added Caxon, slyly, encouraged by his patron's approbation, "they say, too, that the Catholic priests in thae times gat something for ganging about to burials." [noun]
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But I would ask of you, mine honoured and goot and generous patron, to put your hand into your right-hand waistcoat pocket, and show me what you shall find dere. [noun]
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