DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

• (noun) (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"

  synonyms : doctor

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