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patristic
CIDE DICTIONARY
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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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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