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patristic

Adjective

pa=tris=tic

WORDNET DICTIONARY

patristic(a = adj.pert) patristical - of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers; Array

Derived forms noun patristics₂, noun patristics₁

patristic, a. [F. patristique. See Paternal.].

Of or pertaining to the Fathers of the Christian church. [1913 Webster]

"The voluminous editor of Jerome and of tons of patristic theology." [1913 Webster]

patristic, adj. of the early Christian writers or their work.

Derivative

patristics n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.).

Etymology

G patristisch f. L pater patris father

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