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PATROLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does patrology mean?
• PATROLOGY (noun)
The noun PATROLOGY has 2 senses:
1. the writings of the early Church Fathers
2. the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers
Familiarity information: PATROLOGY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The writings of the early Church Fathers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
patristics; patrology
Hypernyms ("patrology" is a kind of...):
writing ((usually plural) the collected work of an author)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
patristics; patrology
Hypernyms ("patrology" is a kind of...):
Christian theology (the teachings of Christian churches)
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