doctor of the church

1. 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”

   SynonymsDoctor

   Broadertheologian

   NarrowerAmbroseAquinasAthanasiusAugustineBasilBedeGregoryIrenaeusJeromeJohn Chrysostom

   Roman Catholic

Questions about doctor of the church

What does doctor of the church mean?

doctor of the church means "(Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching".

What is another word for doctor of the church?

Close synonyms include Doctor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is doctor of the church a common word?

doctor of the church is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.