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Petrine

UK/ˈpiːtɹaɪn/US/ˈpiˌtɹaɪn/

Petrine adjective: of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter or Peter the Great.

Adjective

Petrine (comparative more Petrine, superlative most Petrine)

  1. Of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter or Peter the Great.
    • the Petrine Epistles
    • ...the statement of Apost. Const. vi. 8, that his ordination was Pauline, rather than Petrine, according to the competing traditions of St. Epiphanus and Rufinus, in which case he is the particular link in the Pauline succession.1889, Richard Frederick Littledale, The Petrine Claims: A Critical Inquiry, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, →OL, page 199
    1. Depicted upside-down.

Forms of Petrine

comparativemore Petrine
superlativemost Petrine

Origin of Petrine

From Latin Petrus + -ine, perhaps after Pauline. Compare Ancient Greek πέτρινος (pétrinos, “stony, rocky”) and Late Latin petrinus (“of stone”).

Words formed from Petrine

Questions about Petrine

What does Petrine mean?
Petrine means of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter or Peter the Great.
What part of speech is Petrine?
Petrine is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Petrine?
Petrine is pronounced /ˈpiːtɹaɪn/ (UK).

Words near Petrine in the dictionary

  1. Petrillis
  2. Petrillo
  3. Petrillos
  4. Petrimir
  5. Petrin
  6. Petrine
  7. Petrini
  8. Petrinis
  9. Petrinism
  10. Petrinist
  11. Petrinists

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