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Added 9 October 2026

patristics

noun

Latin root: patristica Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about patristics at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The writings of the early Church Fathers.
The study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers.

Origin

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

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