Etymology

miaphysite

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to Miaphysitism; maintaining that Christ has a single, though composite, nature. Full definition →

Medieval Greek μία
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  1. Medieval Greek · derived fromμία“one”
  2. English todaymiaphysite

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

Words from the same roots

Medieval Greekμία all →

Miaphysitism

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