Doctor of the Church
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(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
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | Western Church |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | theologian |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ambrose |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Aquinas |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Athanasius |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | St. Augustine |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | St. Basil |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Bede |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gregory I |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gregory |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Irenaeus |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Jerome |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | John Chrysostom |