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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
patristic /pəˈtrɪstɪk/

▶adjective relating to the early Christian theologians or their writings.

– derivatives
patristics plural noun.

– origin C19: from Ger. patristisch, from L. pater, patr- ‘father’.

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