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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the writings of the early Church Fathers;
[syn: patristics, patrology]

2. the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers;
[syn: patristics, patrology]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Patristics \Pa*tris"tics\, n.
   That departnent of historical theology which treats of the
   lives and doctrines of the Fathers of the church.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

patristics
    n 1: the writings of the early Church Fathers [syn:
         patristics, patrology]
    2: the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church
       Fathers [syn: patristics, patrology]