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MONOPHYSITE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An adherent of Monophysitism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Monophysite" is a kind of...):

adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Monophysitism

Synonyms:

Monophysite; Monophysitic

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Monophysitism (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)

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