Example
Example noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.
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Synonyms for Example
Patron saint and example are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Patron saint" instead a noun "Example".
Patron saint
Patron saint noun - Someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation.
Usage example: around the statehouse he's known as the patron saint of partisan politics
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Synonyms for Patron saint
Example and patron saint are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Example" instead a noun phrase "Patron saint".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- model and example
- model and patron saint
- ideal and example
- ideal and patron saint
- epitome and example
- epitome and patron saint
- quintessence and example
- quintessence and patron saint
- manifestation and example
- manifestation and patron saint
- pattern and example
- pattern and patron saint
- standard and example
- standard and patron saint
Both terms in one sentence
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Christopher, for example, is patron saint of bachelors, travelers, gardeners and toothache.
Source: Combo Platter Powers - The classic example is Saint George, patron saint of... well, almost everywhere.
- Tolkien may as well be the patron saint of his trope, if not the Ur-Example in modern literature, as almost every fantasy series since has followed his example.
Source: Narrative Filigree
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