monophysiticadj.
/mənɒfᵻˈsɪtɪk/, U.S. /məˌnɑfəˈsɪdɪk/ Church History. Now rare.
= Monophysite adj.
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Monophysite1788
monophysitic1823
Miaphysite1992
1823 T. Roscoe tr. J. C. L. de Sismondi Hist. Lit. Europe I. ii. 44 The Nestorians..massacred about the year 500, in Persia, seven or eight thousand of their orthodox or monophysitic adversaries [Fr. adversaires orthodoxes ou monophysites (1813)].
1893 E. K. Mitchell tr. A. von Harnack Outl. Hist. Dogma 299 Origen, who had many sympathizers among the monophysitic monks.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 919/2 The rebellious demonstrations of the Byzantine populace..drove him in 512 to..adopt a monophysitic programme.
1951 P. Tillich Systematic Theol. I. 65 In terms of the classical heresies one could say that the supranaturalistic method has docetic-monophysitic traits.
Derivatives
ˌmonophyˈsitical adj. rare
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1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Monophysitical, relating to the Monophysites, or their doctrines.
1874 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Jan. 6 In the sixth century, a majority of the church accepted monophysitical views.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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