docetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or related to docetism or docetists, believing that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared to be human and to suffer.

Pronunciation

/dəʊˈsɛtɪk/

Word forms

docetic

Etymology

From Docetae + -ic, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”).

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