Meanings
adjectivemiaphysite (not comparable)
- not comparablelifestyleOf or pertaining to Miaphysitism; maintaining that Christ has a single, though composite, nature.
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.
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 233
nounmiaphysite (plural miaphysites)
plural miaphysites
- A believer in Miaphysitism, (specifically) a member of the Oriental Orthodox Church.
Origin
- Medieval Greekμία“one”
- Englishmiaphysite
A modern coinage from Medieval Greek μία (mía, “one”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature, substance”) + -ite; see Miaphysitism for more.
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