patristic

[ puh-tris-tik ]

/ pəˈtrɪs tɪk /

adjective

of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.

Nearby words

patriot, patriotic, patriotism, patriots' day, patripotestal, patristic, patristics, patrix, patroclinous, patrocliny, patroclus

Sometimes pa·tris·ti·cal.

Origin of patristic

First recorded in 1830–40; patr(i)- + -istic

Related forms

pa·tris·ti·cal·ly, adverbpa·tris·ti·cal·ness, nounun·pa·tris·tic, adjectiveun·pa·tris·ti·cal, adjective

un·pa·tris·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for patristic

Fox found it in the Bible; Wesley in patristic Christianity.
The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day|Evelyn Underhill
A paragraph sign sets off a list of indexes to various books, chiefly editions of the classics and Biblical or patristic writings.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies|Archer Taylor
In patristic study he may have stood beneath Luther; in originality and profoundness of thought he was certainly inferior to More.
History of the English People, Volume III (of 8)|John Richard Green
It is impossible not to admire the great knowledge of Sacred Scripture and Patristic literature displayed by the author.
Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum|John Healy

The patristic material and a crude knowledge of the antique passed over to the early Middle Ages.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for patristic

patristic

patristical

/ (pəˈtrɪstɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to the Fathers of the Church, their writings, or the study of these

Derived Forms

patristically, adverbpatristics, noun functioning as singular

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