Word

Doctor of the Church, n.

(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching
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Doctor Doctor of the Church

sample sentences

"the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church

hypernym

theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser

instance hyponym

Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas Aquinas Athanasius, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius, Athanasius the Great Augustine, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Augustine of Hippo Basil, St. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede Gregory, Gregory I, Saint Gregory I, St. Gregory I, Gregory the Great Gregory, Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen Irenaeus, Saint Irenaeus, St. Irenaeus Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome, Hieronymus, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom