CHURCH FATHER as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine
   • in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church
   • the be
   Synonym(s)
   • Father (what does Father mean?)
   • Father of the Church (what does Father of the Church mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Church Father is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • theologian (what does theologian mean?)
   • theologist (what does theologist mean?)
   • theologizer (what does theologizer mean?)
   • theologiser (what does theologiser mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Ambrose (what does Ambrose mean?)
   • Saint Ambrose (what does Saint Ambrose mean?)
   • St. Ambrose (what does St. Ambrose mean?)
   • Athanasius (what does Athanasius mean?)
   • Saint Athanasius (what does Saint Athanasius mean?)
   • St. Athanasius (what does St. Athanasius mean?)
   • Athanasius the Great (what does Athanasius the Great mean?)
   • Augustine (what does Augustine mean?)
   • Saint Augustine (what does Saint Augustine mean?)
   • St. Augustine (what does St. Augustine mean?)
   • Augustine of Hippo (what does Augustine of Hippo mean?)
   • Basil (what does Basil mean?)
   • St. Basil (what does St. Basil mean?)
   • Basil of Caesarea (what does Basil of Caesarea mean?)
   • Basil the Great (what does Basil the Great mean?)
   • St. Basil the Great (what does St. Basil the Great mean?)
   • Gregory Nazianzen (what does Gregory Nazianzen mean?)
   • Gregory of Nazianzen (what does Gregory of Nazianzen mean?)
   • St. Gregory of Nazianzen (what does St. Gregory of Nazianzen mean?)
   • Jerome (what does Jerome mean?)
   • Saint Jerome (what does Saint Jerome mean?)
   • St. Jerome (what does St. Jerome mean?)
   • Hieronymus (what does Hieronymus mean?)
   • Eusebius Hieronymus (what does Eusebius Hieronymus mean?)
   • Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus (what does Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus mean?)
   • John Chrysostom (what does John Chrysostom mean?)
   • St. John Chrysostom (what does St. John Chrysostom mean?)