Search Result for "doctor of the church":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching;
- Example: "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages"
[syn: Doctor of the Church, Doctor]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Doctor of the Church n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching; "the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages" [syn: Doctor of the Church, Doctor]