Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PATRISTIC, PATRISTICAL
a.[from L. pater, patres, fathers.] Pertaining to the ancient fathers of the christian church.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PATRISTIC; PATRISTICAL
Pa *tris "tic, Pa *tris "tic *al, a. Etym: [F. patristique. See Paternal. ]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Fathers of the Christian church. The voluminous editor of Jerome anf of tons of patristic theology. I. Taylor.
PATRISTICS
PATRISTICS Pa *tris "tics, n.
Defn: That departnent of historical theology which treats of the lives and doctrines of the Fathers of the church.
New American Oxford Dictionary
patristic
pa tris tic |pəˈtristik pəˈtrɪstɪk | ▶adjective of or relating to the early Christian theologians or to patristics. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from German patristisch, from Latin pater, patr- ‘father. ’
patristics
pa tris tics |pəˈtristiks pəˈtrɪstɪks | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] the branch of Christian theology that deals with the lives, writings, and doctrines of the early Christian theologians.
Oxford Dictionary
patristic
patristic |pəˈtrɪstɪk | ▶adjective relating to the early Christian theologians or to patristics. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from German patristisch, from Latin pater, patr- ‘father ’.
patristics
pa ¦tris |tics ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] the branch of Christian theology that deals with the lives, writings, and doctrines of the early Christian theologians.
Spanish Dictionary
patrística
patrística nombre femenino 1 Estudio de la vida, las obras y la doctrina de los padres de la Iglesia .SINÓNIMO patrología .2 Conjunto de las obras de los padres de la Iglesia .SINÓNIMO patrología .
patrístico, -ca
patrístico, -ca adjetivo De la patrística o relacionado con ella :códices patrísticos; textos patrísticos; pensamiento patrístico; producción patrística .
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