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patristics
pa·tris·tics [ pə trístiks ]


noun 
Definition:
 
study of Christian Fathers: the study of the writings and lives of the early Christian theologians ( takes a singular verb )

[Mid-19th century. < German Patristik< Latin pater "father"]
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