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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 Fathersplay

2. the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathersplay

  Familiarity information: PATROLOGY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PATROLOGY (noun)


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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