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Word of the Day – Monophysite

By March 21, 2023Word of the Day

Monophysite (noun)

mon-o-fis-ite

a person who maintains that Christ has one, wholly divine nature, or in certain interpretations that this one divine nature is inclusive of Christ’s subordinate humanity; an adherent of Monophysitism.

First recorded in 1690–1700; from Late Latin monophysīta, from Late Greek monophysī́tēs, equivalent to Greek mono- mono- + phýs(is) “nature” + -ītēs -ite1

Example sentences

“I was really an Anglican but I’d claim Monophysite too.”

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