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monophysite — [ mɔnɔfizit ] adj. et n. • 1694; de mono et gr. phusis « nature » ♦ Relig. Doctrine monophysite (ou MONOPHYSISME n. m. ), qui ne reconnaît qu une nature (divine; humaine) au Christ. N. Adepte de cette doctrine … Encyclopédie Universelle
Monophysite — Mo*noph y*site, n. [Gr. ?; mo nos single + ? nature: cf. F. monophysite.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect, in the ancient church, who maintained that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite nature. Also used adjectively.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Monophysite — 1690s, from Church L. Monophysita, from Gk. monophysites, from monos single, alone (see MONO (Cf. mono )) + physis nature (see PHYSICS (Cf. physics)). Christian (regarded in the West as a heretic) who believes there is only one nature in the… … Etymology dictionary
Monophysite — [mō näf′ə sīt΄, mənäf′ə sīt΄] n. [LGr(Ec) monophysitēs < Gr monos, single (see MONO ) + physis, nature (see PHYSIC)] an adherent of an originally 4th and 5th cent. theory asserting the existence of only one nature (divine or divine human) in… … English World dictionary
Monophysite — Monophysitic /meuh nof euh sit ik/, adj. Monophysitism, Monophysism, n. /meuh nof euh suyt /, n. Theol. a person who maintains that Christ has one nature, partly divine and partly human. Cf. Dyophysite. [1690 1700; < LL monophysita < LGk… … Universalium
Monophysite — 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… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Monophysite heresy — (5th–6th century AD) Doctrine that emphasized the single nature (the term means literally of one nature ) of Christ, as a wholly divine being rather than part divine and part human. Monophysitism began to appear in the 5th century; though… … Universalium
Monophysite — Monophysisme Le monophysisme (du grec μονο [mono] une seule et φυσις [füsis] nature) est une doctrine christologique apparue au Ve siècle dans l empire byzantin en réaction au nestorianisme, et ardemment défendue par Eutychès et Dioscore d… … Wikipédia en Français
monophysite — The doctrine that in the person of Jesus Christ there was but one, divine, nature, rather than two natures, divine and human. A point of dispute between the Coptic and Abyssinian churches, which accept the doctrine, and Roman Catholicism, which… … Philosophy dictionary
monophysite — (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 … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
