"of or pertaining to the Church fathers," 1773, from patri- + -istic. Related: patristical (1819); patristics.
Entries linking to patristic
patri-
word-forming element used in terms describing kinship of the father or the paternal line, from Latin patri-, combining form of pater (see father (n.)).
-istic
adjectival word-forming element, from French -istique or directly from Latin -isticus, from Greek -istikos, a compound of the adjectival suffix -ikos (see -ic) + the noun suffix -istes (see -ist).