Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patristic anthology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: pa-tris-tic an-thol-o-gy
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A systematic collection of excerpts from the works of founders of the early Christian church and other early ecclesiastical writers, compiled to serve dogmatic or ethical purposes.

Example Sentences

"But the range of potential material for a patristic anthology is vast."
"An old genre, the patristic anthology, appeared in a new form in the sixteenth century."
"Later, around 1175, Andronikos Kamateros fully exploits the verb 'to bestow' (χορηγεῖσθαι) in various passages, but especially in his commentaries on the patristic anthology that he inserts at the end of his Sacred Arsenal."

Inflected Forms

patristic anthologies (plural)

Synonyms

florilegium

Questions

What does patristic anthology mean?: A systematic collection of excerpts from the works of founders of the early Christian church and other early ecclesiastical writers, compiled to serve dogmatic or ethical purposes.

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