PATRIOTS' DAY
Pa"tri*ots' Day.
Defn: A legal holiday in the States of Massachusetts and Maine, April 19, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington in 1775. It was first observed in 1894. [U. S.]
PATRIPASSIAN Pa`tri*pas"sian, n. Etym: [LL. Patripassiani, pl.; L. pater father + pati, passus, to suffer: cf. F. patripassiens.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent preëxistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian. — Pa`tri*pas"sian*ism, n.
PATRIST
Pa"trist, n.
Defn: One versed in patristics.
PATRISTIC; PATRISTICAL
Pa*tris"tic, Pa*tris"tic*al, a. Etym: [F. patristique. See Paternal.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Fathers of the Christian church.
The voluminous editor of Jerome anf of tons of patristic theology. I.
Taylor.
PATRISTICS
Pa*tris"tics, n.
Defn: That departnent of historical theology which treats of the lives and doctrines of the Fathers of the church.