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MAECENAS

\miːsˈiːnəz], \miːsˈiːnəz], \m_iː_s_ˈiː_n_ə_z]\

Definitions of MAECENAS

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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Generous patron of literature or art.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

The friend and patron of Horace and Virgil; hence any patron of men of letters, as Sir Philip Sidney e.g. was of Edmund Spenser.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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