Definitions
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- noun Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century
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Examples
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I am not sure which beer it is as the brewery makes one beer called St. Patrick's Best as well as another called St. Patrick's Ale.
A Good Beer Blog 2010
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Whereupon Panurge put one finger of his left hand in his nockandrow, by some called St. Patrick’s hole, and with his mouth sucked in the air, in such a manner as when one eats oysters in the shell, or when we sup up our broth.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Whereupon Panurge put one finger of his left hand in his nockandrow, by some called St. Patrick’s hole, and with his mouth sucked in the air, in such a manner as when one eats oysters in the shell, or when we sup up our broth.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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It may be resolutely Irish to point out that with my grandmother, mother, and brother Scott all "gone home" as the Irish sometimes call it, St. Patrick's Day is bittersweet.
Michele Somerville: No Green Beer: Keeping St.ÂÂÂÂÂPatrick's Day Holy Michele Somerville 2011
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It may be resolutely Irish to point out that with my grandmother, mother, and brother Scott all "gone home" as the Irish sometimes call it, St. Patrick's Day is bittersweet.
Michele Somerville: No Green Beer: Keeping St.ÃÆ'ÃâÃâââ¬â¢ÃÆ'ââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¡ÃÆ'Ãââââ¬à ¡ÃÆ'ââ¬Å¡ÃâÃÂPatrick's Day Holy Michele Somerville 2011
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It may be resolutely Irish to point out that with my grandmother, mother, and brother Scott all "gone home" as the Irish sometimes call it, St. Patrick's Day is bittersweet.
Michele Somerville: No Green Beer: Keeping St.ÂÂÂÂÂPatrick's Day Holy Michele Somerville 2011
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Perran in the name of the village meant the same as Piran, and the small church there was dedicated to that saint, who deserved to be called the St. Patrick of Cornwall, for he occupied the same position in the popular imagination here as that saint did in Ireland.
From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor
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One of his chosen places of solitude and retreat was the island of Lough Derg, which, to our own day, has continued to be a favourite resort of pilgrims, and it is known as St. Patrick's
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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The oldest Irish manuscript in existence is probably the Domnach Airgrid, or manuscript of the Silver Shrine, also called St. Patrick's Gospels.
Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911
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One of them, the Silver Shrine of the so-called St. Patrick's Gospels, is a very peculiar case.
Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911
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