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[puh-trol-uh-jee]

pa·trol·o·gy

[puh-trol-uh-jee]
noun, plural pa·trol·o·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; < Neo-Latin patrologia. See patri-, -o-, -logy

pat·ro·log·ic [pa-truh-loj-ik] , pat·ro·log·i·cal, adjective
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Patrology is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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patrology (pəˈtrɒlədʒɪ)
 
n
1.  the study of the writings of the Fathers of the Church
2.  a collection of such writings
 
[C17: from Greek patr-, patēr father + -logy]
 
patrological
 
adj
 
pa'trologist
 
n

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Main Entry:  patrology
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  the study of early Christianity, esp. the writings and teachings of church fathers; also called patristics, patristic study
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