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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

patristic en · ADJ

Etymology

From patri- + -istic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the fathers of the early Christian church, especially their writings.
    • The word modern was a term of reproach used by patristic humanists against the medieval schoolmen who developed the new logic and physics. 1962, Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy, Canada: University of Toronto Press, page 80:
  2. (not-comparable) Relating to a lineage.

Deriveds

patristicism · unpatristic · patristically · patristic anthology

Relateds

patristics · patristical · matristic · matristics

Translations (7)

sv patristisk (pertaining to early Christian church leaders) · fr patristique (pertaining to early Christian church leaders) · fi kirkkoisiin liittyvä (pertaining to early Christian church leaders) · fi kirkkoisien (pertaining to early Christian church leaders) · it patristico (pertaining to early Christian church leaders) · es patrístico (pertaining to early Christian church leaders) · pl patrystyczny (pertaining to early Christian church leaders)