Hypertext Webster Gateway: "patristic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Patristic \Pa*tris"tic\, Patristical \Pa*tris"tic*al\, a. [F.
patristique. See {Paternal}.]
Of or pertaining to the Fathers of the Christian church.
The voluminous editor of Jerome anf of tons of
patristic theology. --I. Taylor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
patristic
adj : of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers
[syn: {patristical}]
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