patristic
[ puh-tris-tik ]
/ pəˈtrɪs tɪk /
Save This Word!
adjective
of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.
QUIZZES
QUIZ YOURSELF ON AFFECT VS. EFFECT!
In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”
Question 1 of 7
The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Sometimes pa·tris·ti·cal .
OTHER WORDS FROM patristic
Words nearby patristic
patriot, patriotic, patriotism, Patriots' Day, patripotestal, patristic, patristics, patrix, patroclinous, patrocliny, Patroclus
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for patristic
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 of patristic
patristically, adverbpatristics, noun functioning as singularCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012