advowrerEtymologyFrom advowry, variant of avowry, + -er. Compare Middle English avouer (“patron, protector”), from avowen (“avow”), and avouwe, avowe (“patron, protector”), from Old French avoue.advowrer means A protector, especially a patron saint. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.Why “advowrer” is a great wordADVOWRER — [Noun] An archaic term for a protector or patron, specifically a patron saint or feudal patron. From advowry (a variant of avowry, meaning protection or patronage), from Old French avouerie, + the agent suffix -er. Compare Middle English avouer ("patron, protector"). First attested in English in 1508. Unlike a patron (a secular benefactor of arts or charity) or a guardian (a legal custodian), an advowrer was a shield bound by feudal right or celestial intercession. It is the saint's name carved above a cathedral door, the feudal lord's banner beneath which a village took refuge, and the specific invocation whispered against the dark—a title for a protector whose ward has long since crumbled, leaving only the word itself as a kind of testimony.nounA protector, especially a patron saint.“and also I beseche our blissed lady seynt Mary wᵗ the speciall helpe of all the holy company of heven and of myn advowrers³ Petir and Pawle, seynt Frideswide, seynt barbara, seynt brigett, seynt Kateryne, & King Henry⁴ if he be soo at our lordes accepted, to be mediators for my soule, and all my frendes here in yerthe to pray for me.”