Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Patristic /pət-rĭs'-tĭk/ · Pa·tris·tic · IPA /pətrˈɪstɪk/ 01 a. Of or pertaining to the Fathers of the Christian church. 1. Of or pertaining to the Fathers of the Christian church. “The voluminous editor of Jerome and of tons of patristic theology.” — I. Taylor.