church father

American  

noun

1. father.

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Etymology

Origin of church father

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The substance of the letters, however, is by no means the same; the Church father wrote on dogmatic, the Rabbi on legal, questions.

From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel

St. Jerome was a great Church father of the later fourth century.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin

To think that this house should have given two confessors to the Church, father and son!

From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh

It is the doctrine of the Catholic Church, father.

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne

His sources are, according to his own statement, not Frankish, not popular songs or traditions, but two Latin authors—the Church father Hieronymus and the poet Virgil.

From Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Ph.D.