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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The study of the works of the early Christian Church Fathers. uncountable
2. 2
   the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers wordnet
3. 3
   the writings of the early Church Fathers wordnet

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patrologymatristics

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin patristica, from Latin pater (“father”).

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