[…] thou art his dear and loving friend, good and gracious Lord and Master, his Maecenas.
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Maecenas
//mʌɪˈsiːnəs//
Synonyms for "maecenas" (51 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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2 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- меценат noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
Catalan
1 entries- mecenes noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
Dutch
1 entries- mecenas noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
Esperanto
1 entries- mecenato noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
Finnish
1 entries- mesenaatti noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
French
1 entries- mécène noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
Georgian
1 entries- მეცენატი noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
German
2 entries- Mäzen noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
- Mäzenin noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
Hungarian
3 entries- mecénás noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
- műbarát noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
- művészetpártoló noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
Italian
1 entries- mecenate noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
Polish
1 entries- mecenas noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
Portuguese
1 entries- mecenas noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
Sicilian
1 entries- micinati noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
Spanish
1 entries- mecenas noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Mạnh Thường quân noun (a generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
[O]ur young gentleman was shewn into another room, where half a dozen of his fellow-adherents waited for their Mæcenas, who in a few minutes appeared, with a most gracious aspect, received the compliments of the morning, and sat down to breakfast, in the midst of them, without any further ceremony.
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The government […] maintained one of the largest armies in Europe; it developed what became, by the 1780s, a navy as big as the British; and it played the role of cultural Maecenas.
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The contemporary art space created within the Palais de Tokyo (also home to the Paris Museum of Modern Art) is a pretty sad example of government as Maecenas.
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