miaphysite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to Miaphysitism; maintaining that Christ has a single, though composite, nature.
noun
  1. A believer in Miaphysitism, (specifically) a member of the Oriental Orthodox Church.

Word forms

miaphysite miaphysites

Etymology

A modern coinage from Byzantine Greek μία (mía, “one”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature, substance”) + -ite; see Miaphysitism for more.

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