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It was not at all clear whether the patronus was a dog or the sport was agility ...
Archive 2007-07-01 Lisa B. 2007
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It was not at all clear whether the patronus was a dog or the sport was agility ...
As much fun as a barrel of boggarts Lisa B. 2007
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Marcus Lollius is honored by the "dèmos/people" [of Sagalassos] as their patronus, meaning that he must have brought privileges to the city (intervention in the extension of its territory; solving territorial disputes with neighboring cities or estates; special contacts with the emperor).
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Recording Report 3: Epigraphical Studies 2003
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But the story was probably made out for the "patronus" or advocate by an underling, and in some way prepared for him.
Life of Cicero Volume One Anthony Trollope 1848
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No doubt he was an advocate, as are our barristers of to-day, and, as an advocate, supported this side or that; but we shall be wrong if we suppose that the Roman "patronus" supplied his services under such inducements.
Life of Cicero Volume One Anthony Trollope 1848
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_ex officio_ as the constant 'patronus' or legal advocate for the person recorded.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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"juris peritus" was the lawyer, and as such was regarded as being of much less importance than the "patronus" or advocate, who stood before the whole city and pleaded the cause.
Life of Cicero Volume One Anthony Trollope 1848
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They create fear, despair and misery wherever they go, and can only be fought with the spell "Expecto Patronum," creating a patronus.
Anastasia Goodstein: Young Harry Potter Fans Cast A Spell For Mental Health Anastasia Goodstein 2010
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They create fear, despair and misery wherever they go, and can only be fought with the spell "Expecto Patronum," creating a patronus.
Anastasia Goodstein: Young Harry Potter Fans Cast a Spell for Mental Health Anastasia Goodstein 2010
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They create fear, despair and misery wherever they go, and can only be fought with the spell "Expecto Patronum," creating a patronus.
Anastasia Goodstein: Young Harry Potter Fans Cast a Spell for Mental Health Anastasia Goodstein 2010
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