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patristic

adj

Etymology

From patri- + -istic.

Definitions

  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.

  2. Relating to a lineage.

The neighborhood

Derived

patristically, patristic anthology, patristicism, unpatristic

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA