patroness

How To Use patroness In A Sentence

• His relationship with his patroness was a comfortable and easy one, and he did not hesitate to ask directly, "Will he indeed find the gentlewoman he's seeking at Elford? The Confession of Brother Haluin
• This year, the firm has found another work by the artist - a depiction of Minerva, the goddess of wisdom and patroness the arts.
• Cecilia became patroness of music through a misunderstanding.
• I agree that the patroness was a little too convenient and failed to show any actual persuasion on the part of Caffrey, but it was an easy fix that we all knew was coming. Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club talks 'White Collar': Was it fun crime or punishment? | EW.com
• His wife, meanwhile, became dresser to their old patroness, the Queen-Dowager, Henrietta-Maria.
• She ends up as a patroness of the arts because she enjoys posing for a nude statue (and seducing the sculptor).
• One of her new acquaintances was Mrs. Rayner Mann, a lady who desired to be known as the patroness of young people aiming at success on the stage or as musicians. The Whirlpool
• She ends up as a patroness of the arts because she enjoys posing for a nude statue (and seducing the sculptor).
• As virgin patroness of the canons at Chich, Osith here joins a pantheon of elite women, both in terms of her companion texts and the manuscript's users.
• It was written at the court of Marie de Champaigne, influential patroness of the arts.