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patristic

patristic adjective: of or pertaining to the fathers of the early Christian church, especially their writings.

Adjective

patristic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the fathers of the early Christian church, especially their writings.
    • The word modern was a term of reproach used by patristic humanists against the medieval schoolmen who developed the new logic and physics.1962, Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy, Canada: University of Toronto Press, page 80
  2. Relating to a lineage.

Origin of patristic

From patri- + -istic.

Words formed from patristic

Phrases with patristic

Questions about patristic

What does patristic mean?
Patristic means of or pertaining to the fathers of the early Christian church, especially their writings.
What part of speech is patristic?
Patristic is an adjective.

Words near patristic in the dictionary

  1. patripotestal
  2. patrisexual
  3. patrisib
  4. patrisibs
  5. patrist
  6. patristic
  7. patristic anthologies
  8. patristic anthology
  9. patristical
  10. patristically
  11. patristicism

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