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patrology
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun patrology has 2 senses
- patrology(n = noun.communication) patristics - the writings of the early Church Fathers; Array is a kind of writing
- patrology(n = noun.cognition) patristics - the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers; Array is a kind of christian theology
OXFORD DICTIONARY
patrology, n. (pl. -ies)
1 the study of the writings of the Fathers of the Church.
2 a collection of such writings.
1 the study of the writings of the Fathers of the Church.
2 a collection of such writings.
Derivative
patrological adj. patrologist n.
Etymology
Gk pater patros father
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