miaphysite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μία (“one”) + φύσις (“nature, substance”).

Adjective

miaphysite (not comparable)

1. (theology) Of or pertaining to Miaphysitism; maintaining that Christ had a single, though composite, nature.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 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.