patristics

American  

[puh-tris-tiks] / pəˈtrɪs tɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. patrology.

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Etymology

Origin of patristics

First recorded in 1840–50; see origin at patristic, -ics

Example Sentences

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patristics

Pā′trist, one versed in patristics; Patris′ticism, mode of thought, &c., of the fathers.—n.pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

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 Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.