patristic

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English

Etymology

From patri- +‎ -istic.

Adjective

patristic (not comparable)

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  1. Of or pertaining to the fathers of the early Christian church, especially their writings.
    • 1962, Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy, Canada: University of Toronto Press, page 80:
      The word modern was a term of reproach used by patristic humanists against the medieval schoolmen who developed the new logic and physics.
  2. (genetics) Relating to a lineage.

Derived terms

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French patristique.

Adjective

patristic m or n (feminine singular patristică, masculine plural patristici, feminine and neuter plural patristice)

  1. patristic

Declension