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pa⋅trol⋅o⋅gy

[puh-trol-uh-jee]
–noun, plural -gies.
1. Also called patristics. the branch of theology dealing with the teachings of the church fathers.
2. a collection of the writings of the early church fathers.

Origin:
1590–1600; < NL patrologia. See patri-, -o-, -logy


pat⋅ro⋅log⋅ic [pa-truh-loj-ik] , pat⋅ro⋅log⋅i⋅cal, adjective
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