patristic

[puh-tris-tik]

adjective

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

Sometimes pa·tris·ti·cal.

Origin of patristic

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

Related formspa·tris·ti·cal·ly, adverbpa·tris·ti·cal·ness, nounun·pa·tris·tic, adjectiveun·pa·tris·ti·cal, adjectiveun·pa·tris·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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Historical Examples of patristic

It may be patristic; in which case I shall be glad of learned information.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1
George Saintsbury
The library of Ramsey was also remarkably rich in patristic lore.
Bibliomania in the Middle Ages
Frederick Somner Merryweather
Nor was it very different with the patristic, or Christian antique, element.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)
Henry Osborn Taylor
The same had been despotically true of the patristic period.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)
Henry Osborn Taylor
Pearson on the Creed, with its patristic citations, was ever at his hand.
A History of the English Church in New Zealand
Henry Thomas Purchas

British Dictionary definitions for patristic

patristic

patristical

adjective

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

Derived Formspatristically, adverbpatristics, noun functioning as singular

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Word Origin and History for patristic

adj.

1773, from patri- + -istic. Related: patristical (1819).