Kirchenvater

German

Etymology

From Kirche (“church”) +‎ -en- +‎ Vater (“father”), calque of Latin Pater Ecclēsiae.

Noun

Kirchenvater m (genitive Kirchenvaters, plural Kirchenväter)

  1. Church Father (authoritative Christian author)

Declension

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