church father
NOUN
/tʃɜrtʃ_'fɑðər/
13 LETTERS · STARTS WITH C
church father is a valid 13-letter word worth 28 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words with Friends.
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C3H4U1R1C3H4F4A1T1H4E1R1
3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 =28 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 56TRIPLE WORD → 84
MEANING
What does church father mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
(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 best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom.
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