patristic

From patri- +‎ -istic.

patristic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the fathers of the early Christian church, especially their writings.
   • 1962, Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy, Canada: University of Toronto Press, page 80:

     The word modern was a term of reproach used by patristic humanists against the medieval schoolmen who developed the new logic and physics.

2. (genetics) Relating to a lineage.

• patristic anthology

• matristic
• matristics
• patristical
• patristics

Borrowed from French patristique.

patristic m or n (feminine singular patristică, masculine plural patristici, feminine and neuter plural patristice)

1. patristic