Monophysite

  • 11monophysite — (mo no fi zi t ) s. m. Partisan du monophysisme. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Lat. monophysita (QUICHERAT, Addenda) ; le terme grec est dérivé de deux mots traduits par : unique et nature …

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  • 12Monophysite — n. member of a Christian sect that believes Jesus is simultaneously human and divine in nature …

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  • 13Monophysite — [mə nɒfɪsʌɪt] noun Christian Theology a person who holds that there is only one inseparable nature (partly divine, partly and subordinately human) in the person of Christ. Derivatives Monophysitism noun Origin C17: via eccles. L. from eccles. Gk… …

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  • 14monophysite — mo·noph·y·site …

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  • 15Monophysite — Mo•noph•y•site [[t]məˈnɒf əˌsaɪt[/t]] n. rel a person who maintains that Christ has one nature, partly divine and partly human • Etymology: 1690–1700; < LL monophysīta < LGk monophysitēs= Gk mono mono +phýs(is) nature + ītēs ite I Mo•noph… …

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  • 16Monophysite — /mɒˈnɒfəsaɪt/ (say mo nofuhsuyt) noun someone holding that there is in Christ one composite nature, partly divine and partly human. {Late Greek monophysītēs, from mono mono + phys(is) nature + ītēs ite1} –Monophysitic /mɒnɒfəˈsɪtɪk/ (say monofuh… …

  • 17Monophysite — n. a person who holds that there is only one nature (partly divine, partly and subordinately human) in the person of Christ. Etymology: eccl.L monophysita f. eccl.Gk monophusites (as MONO , phusis nature) …

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  • 18monophysites — monophysite …

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  • 19ysite — monophysite …

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  • 20Dioskoros —    Monophysite patriarch of Alexandria (qq.v.) from 444 451, succeeding Cyril (q.v.). Under his guidance the 449 Robber Council of Ephesus (q.v.) condemned Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople (qq.v.), restored Eutyches, and declared for… …

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