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Do⋅ce⋅tism

  [doh-see-tiz-uhm, doh-si-tiz-]
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–noun
1. an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
2. Roman Catholic Church. an ancient heresy asserting that Jesus lacked full humanity.
Origin:
1840–50; Docet(ae) + -ism

Related forms:
Do⋅ce⋅tic, adjective
Do⋅ce⋅tist, noun, adjective
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Word Origin & History

Docetism 
1846, heresy holding that the body of Jesus was a phantom, from Gk. Doketai, name of the sect, lit. "believers," from dokein "to seem, have the appearance of, think," related to doxa (see decent).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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