Sentences with word «patroness»

In this post I am in Shanghai to fulfill my duty as patroness of the fashion and textile fair Chic Shanghai 2018 the biggest...

Why do we fall so short in celebrating the feast day of our heavenly patroness?

Mrs. Obiano who was decorated as Grand Patroness of the state chapter of NASoW during a reception at the Anambra State Government Lodge declared that she shared the same idea with the association in providing selfless service to the needy at all times.

Don't trust Nemesis [patroness of gladiators]; that is how I was deceived.

Even if who you are is a cossetted patroness of the arts convinced, against all evidence, that you have a coloratura singing voice worthy of Carnegie Hall.

From 1949 to her death in 1979, the building was the residence of famous art collector and patroness Peggy Guggenheim.

The ancient Babylonian goddess of fertility, love, sex and war, serves as the artist's answer to Venus, the Roman goddess of love (and de facto patroness of the gallery, whose name pays tribute to the 1940s deco relief «Venus of Manhattan» adorning the façade of 980 Madison Avenue).

Rococo patroness Madame de Pompadour, with her considerable taste and verve, may have set such a table were she celebrating Christmas today.

The goddess Isis was worshipped as the «patroness of nature and magic,» and known for being a mother and a wife.

Today is the feast of Our Lady of Guadelupe, patroness of North America and of the Pro Life movement.

Known as the «Patroness of Mercy,» she was stabbed fourteen times by an attempted rapist, but forgave her assailant on her deathbed, hoping aloud he would find God — which he astonishingly did in prison, serving his remaining days in prayer and penance.

Speaking at Notre Dame's commencement ceremonies yesterday, Cardinal Timothy Dolan told graduates that Mary is «not just our patroness, but our model.»

Mary, our patroness and the promise of our eternal destiny, deserves to be feasted in exuberant American style.

She is the patroness of fruit trees, but I am sure she keeps an eye out for the willow family.

We no longer say: waitress, stewardess, poetess, authoress, patroness, tailoress, murderess, quakeress, priestess, deaconess, or entertainess.

Is she to be War Queen and Harlot, patroness of sexual recreation, gleefully beating men at their own game?

She was also the camp follower, the harlot, the patroness of prostitutes.

Is she to be Birth Mother, patroness of procreation?

Another female coach, Eleanor Tennant, the patroness of Alice Marble, also contributed to Riggs» early success by donating $ 650 worth of equipment and clothes during the summer of 1937, thus enabling him to go east on his own.

«Comfortable heels» can seem like a bit of an oxymoron — even the patroness saint of pumps, Sarah Jessica Parker, admitted that no heel will last you for hours on end.

Not if she isn't a patroness she won't.

Athena — Greek goddess of wisdom, war, courage and patroness of the arts, has recently become one of the most popular female dog names.

In honor of the town's patroness, thousands converge on the city to enjoy 10 days of activities.

Dress up and go out to see a production at the world famous Abbey Theatre, which was the personal project of poet William Butler Yeats and his patroness Lady Gregory during the Irish Revival, or at the Gate Theatre, which has sponsored such great names as Samuel Beckett and Brian Friel.

This marks the original site of the Church of St. Brigid (who is Patroness of Ireland), which was established under an oak tree.

Located along Rizal Avenue in Baranggay Liwanag, the Immaculate Conception of Mary is said to be the patroness of the cathedral church.

Señora del Carmen is the patron saint of fishermen and every year on July 16th Lanzarote celeberates the patroness with a festival of dance, music and food with glorious processions through some of the island's most iconic towns including Puerto del Carmen, La Graciosa and La Santa.

This impressive monastery contains the «Moreneta» (Black Madonna), the patroness of Catlonia.

Isis is worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patroness of nature and magic.

The sexism inherent in many early responses to her work was virulent: A critic wrote in 1960, «The goddess Ate, patroness of reckless blindness and mad impulse, may be responsible for the work of Helen Frankenthaler,» going on to describe the artist and her work (and treating them as one and the same) as «irrational,» «hysterical,» «romantic, hypersensitive, sulky,» and «an example of thin, nervous romanticism.»

She is an active patron of the arts and charities, as a Member of the International Council and Member of the Friends of Contemporary Drawing at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (since 1996); Member of the International Council, Tate, London (since 1997); Member of the Leadership Council, New Museum, New York (since 2007); Member of the Advisory Committee for Modern and Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art (since 2008) and patroness of the Italian Red Cross (since 1992).

(She was also the patroness of adulterers...)