patrologistn.
/pəˈtrɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /pəˈtrɑlədʒəst/ A student of or expert in patrology.
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patrologist1716
patriciana1834
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1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 39 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Printed..by the erudite Protestant Patrologists.
1969 Amer. Hist. Rev. 75 419 Dom J.-B. Pitra, a well known patrologist.
1994 30 Days in Church & in World No. 10. 63/1 For half a century the important works of all the New Testament exegetes, the patrologists and historians of dogma were carefully scrutinized by him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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