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aph·thar·to·do·ce·tae
\afˌthärd.ōdōˈsēd.e, apˌth-, -sē(ˌ)tē\ noun plural
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, plural, from Late Greek aphthartodokētai, plural of aphthartodokētēs, from Greek aphthartos incorruptible (from a- a- (II) + phthartos destructible, from phtheirein to corrupt, defile) + -dokētēs (from dokein to think) — more at phthiriasis, decent
: a 6th century Monophysitic sect that taught that from the moment of the union with the divine nature the body of Christ was incorruptible — compare phthartolatrae |