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MONOPHYSITISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Monophysitism mean?
• MONOPHYSITISM (noun)
The noun MONOPHYSITISM has 1 sense:
1. a Christian heresy of the 5th and 6th centuries that challenged the orthodox definition of the two natures (human and divine) in Jesus and instead believed there was a single divine nature
Familiarity information: MONOPHYSITISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Christian heresy of the 5th and 6th centuries that challenged the orthodox definition of the two natures (human and divine) in Jesus and instead believed there was a single divine nature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Monophysitism" is a kind of...):
heresy; unorthodoxy (a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion)
theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)
Derivation:
Monophysitic (of or relating to Monophysitism)
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