PATRISTIC meaning: Study of early Christian writers

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patristic: Merriam-Webster
patristic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
patristic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
patristic: Collins English Dictionary
patristic: Vocabulary.com
Patristic, patristic: Wordnik
patristic: Wiktionary
patristic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
patristic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
patristic: Infoplease Dictionary
Patristic, patristic: Dictionary.com
Patristic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Patristic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
patristic: Rhymezone
Patristic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
patristic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
patristic: FreeDictionary.org
patristic: Mnemonic Dictionary
patristic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (patristic)

▸ adjective: Of or pertaining to the fathers of the early Christian church, especially their writings.
▸ adjective: (genetics) Relating to a lineage.

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matristic

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Augustine, Ambrose, Jerome, Gregory, Chrysostom, Cyril, Athanasius, more...

Phrases:

patristic literature, patristic greek, patristic philosophy, patristic anthology, more...

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