TLS - Concept: PATRON

PATRON

SOMEONE WHO IS CONSTANTLY GENEROUS TO WHAT HE BELIEVES IS A GOOD PERSON.

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GENEROUS　HABITUALLY GIVE of one's WEALTH to THOSE WHO NEED it. (anc: 13/0, child: 3)
GIVE　CAUSE someone TO POSSESS in the FUTURE what one POSSESSES at PRESENT. (anc: 12/0, child: 13)
CAUSE TO　MOVE in SUCH a way that THEREFORE someone or something else CHANGES. (anc: 11/0, child: 18)

Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 693

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PATRON

SOMEONE WHO IS CONSTANTLY GENEROUS TO WHAT HE BELIEVES IS A GOOD PERSON.

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