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Petrine is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Petrine in a sentence

Petrine meaning

  1. Of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter or Peter the Great.
  2. Depicted upside-down.

Using Petrine

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter or Peter the Great. | Of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter or Peter the Great. | Depicted upside-down.
  • In the example corpus, petrine often appears in combinations such as: the petrine, petrine authorship.

Context around Petrine

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

rejects 1× support 1×

Often after:

authorship 2× principle 1× office 1× ministry 1× doctrine 1×

Sentence patterns with Petrine

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

between the petrine principle and 1× stanton rejects petrine authorship because 1× the petrine doctrine is 1× to be petrine in authorship 1× to support petrine authorship of 1× to the petrine ministry was 1× to the petrine office continued 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

fortress press 1996 1× one theory used 1× origen in another 1× pope francis reiterates 1× such fidelity to 1× the perpetuity granted 1×

Common sentence endings:

around the world 1× death of peter 1× endure throughout history 1× petrine in authorship 1× protestants from rome 1× silvanus 5 12 1×

Words around Petrine

Just before it in the word index:

petrina 2 petrillo 11 petrilli 3 petrila 2 petrik 3 petrifying 13

Just after it in the word index:

petrinja 4 petrino 11 petrinsky 3 petriquillo 2 petro 171 petrobangla 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdali 10 abdelfattah 10 abdulazeez 10 abella 10 abels 10 abfa 10

Corpus analysis for Petrine

  • In this selection, "petrine" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, rejects, support, authorship, principle and office stand out and add context to how "petrine" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include between the petrine principle and and stanton rejects petrine authorship because. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "petrine" sits close to words such as abdali, abdelfattah and abdulazeez, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with petrine

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Pope Francis reiterates the difference between the Petrine principle and the Marian principle. (13 words)

Origen, in another passage, has been interpreted as considering the letter to be Petrine in authorship. (16 words)

The Petrine Doctrine is still controversial as an issue of doctrine that continues to divide the eastern and western churches and separate Protestants from Rome. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

Fortress Press. 1996 Graham Stanton rejects Petrine authorship because 1 Peter was most likely written during the reign of Domitian in AD 81, which is when he believes widespread Christian persecution began, which is long after the death of Peter. (40 words)

The perpetuity granted divinely to the Petrine ministry was not the constant occupation of that office but that the monarchical structure of the Church, with the Seat of Peter as its head, would never be abrogated and endure throughout history. (40 words)

One theory used to support Petrine authorship of 1 Peter is the "secretarial hypothesis", which suggests that 1 Peter was dictated by Peter and was written in Greek by his secretary, Silvanus (5:12). (34 words)

Example sentences (7)

Pope Francis reiterates the difference between the Petrine principle and the Marian principle.

Such fidelity to the Petrine office continued under Pope Francis, where, since 2013, he served on the powerful Congregation for Bishops, which is responsible for episcopal appointments around the world.

Fortress Press. 1996 Graham Stanton rejects Petrine authorship because 1 Peter was most likely written during the reign of Domitian in AD 81, which is when he believes widespread Christian persecution began, which is long after the death of Peter.

One theory used to support Petrine authorship of 1 Peter is the "secretarial hypothesis", which suggests that 1 Peter was dictated by Peter and was written in Greek by his secretary, Silvanus (5:12).

Origen, in another passage, has been interpreted as considering the letter to be Petrine in authorship.

The perpetuity granted divinely to the Petrine ministry was not the constant occupation of that office but that the monarchical structure of the Church, with the Seat of Peter as its head, would never be abrogated and endure throughout history.

The Petrine Doctrine is still controversial as an issue of doctrine that continues to divide the eastern and western churches and separate Protestants from Rome.

Common combinations with petrine

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "petrine" in a sentence?
An example: "Pope Francis reiterates the difference between the Petrine principle and the Marian principle." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "petrine" from authentic English texts.
What does "petrine" mean?
Petrine means: Of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter or Peter the Great.
How many example sentences with "petrine" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "petrine", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.