Usually means: Early Christian theologian and writer.
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  1. church father: Merriam-Webster
  2. church father: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Church Father: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Church Father: Vocabulary.com
  5. Church Father: Wiktionary
  6. church father: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. church father: Dictionary.com
  8. Church Father, Church father: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  10. church father: FreeDictionary.org
  11. church father: Mnemonic Dictionary
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noun:  (Christianity) One of a number of male Christian writers from Antiquity whose doctrinal work is considered authoritative by the later church.

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