patristic

Etymology

patri- + -istic

adj

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

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