Definition of "name-saint" [name-saint]

• The saint after whom one is named; a saint whose name one has as his baptismal name or as part of it. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It shows Saint Francis of Assisi the Cardinal's name-saint at the moment of receiving the signs of the Stigmata, the wounds left in Christ's body by the Crucifixion."
• "He had pity and mounted me behind him on his bony animal, to which I clung the rest of the way, learning the feelings of my adopted name-saint on his gridiron."
• "The most interesting point about this village is its association with its name-saint, St Brannock -- for the ancient name was Brannockstown."