Petrine
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpiːtɹaɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpiˌtɹaɪn/
Adjective
Petrine (comparative more Petrine, superlative most Petrine)
- Of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter or Peter the Great.
- the Petrine Epistles
- 1889, Richard Frederick Littledale, The Petrine Claims: A Critical Inquiry, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, →OL, page 199:
- ...the statement of Apost. Const. vi. 8, that his ordination was Pauline, rather than Petrine, according to the competing traditions of St. Epiphanus and Rufinus, in which case he is the particular link in the Pauline succession.
- 2000 June 17, Elizabeth A. Johnson, “Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet”, in America[2], volume 182, number 21:
- The Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar takes this approach, arguing that in the church there is a Marian principle of holy obedience complementary to the Petrine principle of orderly hierarchical rule.
- (of a cross) Depicted upside-down.
Derived terms
Translations
Of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter
References
- “Petrine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Danish
Proper noun
Petrine
- a female given name, a feminine form of Peter
Norwegian
Proper noun
Petrine
- a female given name, a feminine form of Peter