father of the church

NOUN
20 LETTERS · STARTS WITH F

father of the church is a valid 20-letter word worth 39 points in Scrabble and 38 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
F4A1T1H4E1R1O1F4T1H4E1C3H4U1R1C3H4
4 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 =39 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 78TRIPLE WORD → 117
MEANING

What does father of the church 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.