Definition of "patronal" [pa•tron•al]

• Patron; protecting; favouring (adjective)

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• "This nine-day party is called a novena, and throughout Mexico a full-on fiesta patronal is always nine days."
• "The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption will be celebrating its patronal feast day with a celebration of Vêspres de la Vierge (Op. 18) by Marcel Dupré."
• "But he's never mentioned as such any more and I don't know what became of his patronal status."