English noun: Doctor of the Church |
| 1. | Doctor of the Church (person) (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching |
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| Samples | The Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages.
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| Synonyms | Doctor |
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| Broader (hypernym) | theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer |
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| Instance hyponym | Ambrose, Aquinas, Athanasius, Athanasius the Great, Augustine, Augustine of Hippo, Baeda, Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, Beda, Bede, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, Gregory, Gregory, Gregory I, Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, Gregory the Great, Hieronymus, Irenaeus, Jerome, John Chrysostom, Saint Ambrose, Saint Athanasius, Saint Augustine, Saint Baeda, Saint Beda, Saint Bede, Saint Gregory I, Saint Irenaeus, Saint Jerome, Saint Thomas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Ambrose, St. Athanasius, St. Augustine, St. Baeda, St. Basil, St. Basil the Great, St. Beda, St. Bede, St. Gregory I, St. Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Irenaeus, St. Jerome, St. John Chrysostom, St. Thomas, St. Thomas Aquinas, the Venerable Bede, Thomas Aquinas |
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| Domain category | Church of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church |
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