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Monophysitism

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Mo⋅noph⋅y⋅site

  [muh-nof-uh-sahyt]
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–noun Theology.
a person who maintains that Christ has one nature, partly divine and partly human.
Compare Dyophysite.

Origin:
1690–1700; < LL monophysīta < LGk monophystēs, equiv. to Gk mono- mono- + phýs(is) nature + -ītēs -ite 1

Related forms:
Mo⋅noph⋅y⋅sit⋅ic  [muh-nof-uh-sit-ik] , adjective
Mo⋅noph⋅y⋅sit⋅ism, Mo⋅noph⋅y⋅sism, noun
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Mo·noph·y·site   (mə-nŏf'ə-sīt')   
n.   Christianity
An adherent of the doctrine that in the person of Jesus there was but a single, divine nature. Coptic and Syrian Christians profess this doctrine.

[Late Latin monophysīta, from Late Greek monophusītēs : Greek mono-, mono- + Greek phusis, nature; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]
Mo·noph'y·site, Mo·noph'y·sit'ic (-sĭt'ĭk) adj., Mo·noph'y·sit'ism n.
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Monophysite 
1698, from Church L. Monophysita, from Gk. monophysites, from monos "single, alone" + physis "nature" (see physics). Christian (regarded in the West as a heretic) who believes there is only one nature in the person of Jesus Christ. Now comprising Coptic, Armenian, Abyssinian and Jacobite churches.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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