n.
Pronunciation: m ə - ' nä-f ə - ˌ s ī t
Function: noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin Monophysita, from Middle Greek Monophysit ē s, from Greek mon- + physis nature ― more at PHYSICS
Date: 1698
: one holding the doctrine that Christ has a single inseparable nature that is at once divine and human rather than having two distinct but unified natures
– Monophysite or Mo · noph · y · sit · ic \ - ˌ nä-f ə - ' si-tik \ adjective
– Mo · noph · y · sit · ism \ - ' nä-f ə - ˌ s ī - ˌ ti-z ə m \ noun