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patristics

American  
[puh-tris-tiks] / pəˈtrɪs tɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

  1. patrology.

Etymology

Origin of patristics

First recorded in 1840–50; patristic, -ics

Example Sentences

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Much more important for the promotion of theological science, especially for patristics and church history, was another Benedictine congregation founded in France in a.d.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1493 he went to Paris and thence to Italy, studying canon and civil law, patristics and the rudiments of Greek.

From Project Gutenberg

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