monothelitic

Mo·noth·e·lite

[muh-noth-uh-lahyt]
noun Theology.
a person who maintains that Christ has a single theanthropic will.
Compare Dyothelite.


Origin:
1540–50; < Medieval Latin monothelīta < Late Greek monothelḗtēs, equivalent to Greek mono- mono- + thelētḗs willer, equivalent to thelē- (variant stem of thélein to will) + -tēs agent suffix

Mo·noth·e·lit·ic [muh-noth-uh-lit-ik] , adjective
Mo·noth·e·lit·ism [muh-noth-uh-lahy-tiz-uhm] , Mo·noth·e·lism, noun
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