MONOPHYSITE


Meaning of MONOPHYSITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mə-ˈnä-fə-ˌsīt ]

noun

Etymology: Medieval Latin Monophysita, from Middle Greek Monophysitēs, 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 -ˌnä-fə-ˈsi-tik adjective

• Mo·noph·y·sit·ism -ˈnä-fə-ˌsī-ˌti-zəm noun

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