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anthropomorphite, n. and a.|-ˈmɔːfaɪt|
[ad. L. anthrōpomorphītæ (Aug.), a. Gr. ἀνθρωποµορϕῖται: see anthropomorphous and -ite.]
A. n. One ascribing (as an article of religious belief) a human form to God; spec. applied to
a. A sect that arose in Egypt in the 4th century;
b. A party in the Western Church in the 10th c.
1561T. N[orton] Calvin's Inst. i. xiii. (1634) 43 The Anthropomorphites..which have imagined God to consist of a body. 1661Origen's Opin. in Phœnix (1721) I. 8 Some unlearned Monks of Egypt..called by him [Origen] Anthropomorphites. 1872O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms, Andæans..were Anthropomorphites, attributing to God a human form, parts, and passions.
B. attrib. or as adj.; = anthropomorphitic.
1662Glanvill Lux Orient. iv. (1682) 43 The dull and coarse Anthropomorphite Doctrines. 1798W. Taylor in Month. Rev. XXV. 516 For a mythology to be adapted to the purposes of the artist, it suffices that the religion be anthropomorphite. |