| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Monophysite |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Mo·noph·y·site |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m -n f -s t |
| NOUN: | Christianity An adherent of the doctrine that in the person of Jesus there was but a single, divine nature. Coptic and Syrian Christians profess this doctrine. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin monophysta, from Late Greek monophust s : Greek mono-, mono- + Greek phusis, nature; see bheu- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | Mo·nophy·site, Mo·nophy·sitic (-s tk) —ADJECTIVE
Mo·nophy·sitism —NOUN
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