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.
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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
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(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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