Patristic


[puh-tris-tik] /pəˈtrɪs tɪk/

adjective
1.
of or relating to the fathers of the Christian church or their writings.
/pəˈtrɪstɪk/
adjective
1.
of or relating to the Fathers of the Church, their writings, or the study of these
adj.

1773, from patri- + -istic. Related: patristical (1819).

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