🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

베드로의

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bedro-ui

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Petrine/ˈpɛtraɪn/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #18500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"신학자들은 베드로의 서신을 연구합니다."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or characteristic of Saint Peter, the apostle.

    "The scholar analyzed the Petrine epistles in the New Testament."
  2. 2

    Relating to the papacy or the Bishop of Rome as the successor of Saint Peter.

    "The theologian discussed the historical development of the Petrine office."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin 'petrinus', from Ancient Greek 'petros' meaning stone, and specifically associated with Saint Peter. The term emerged in ecclesiastical and historical contexts during Middle English to denote things relating to Saint Peter, the apostle, or the papacy.

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