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Etymology

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

Adjective

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miaphysite (not comparable)

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

Noun

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miaphysite (plural miaphysites)

  1. A believer in Miaphysitism, (specifically) a member of the Oriental Orthodox Church.