miaphysite
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Etymology
[edit]A modern coinage from Byzantine Greek μία (mía, “one”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature, substance”) + -ite; see Miaphysitism for more.
Adjective
[edit]miaphysite (not comparable)
- (theology) Of or pertaining to Miaphysitism; maintaining that Christ has a single, though composite, nature.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 233:
- The leaders of the Miaphysite cause across the empire still loudly proclaimed their loyalty to the imperial throne, and there is no reason to doubt that most were sincere.
Noun
[edit]miaphysite (plural miaphysites)
- A believer in Miaphysitism, (specifically) a member of the Oriental Orthodox Church.