Monophysite

[ muh-nof-uh-sahyt ]

/ məˈnɒf əˌsaɪt /

a person who maintains that Christ has one nature, partly divine and partly human.

Compare Dyophysite.

Origin of Monophysite

1690–1700; < Late Latin monophysīta < Late Greek monophysī́tēs, equivalent to Greek mono- mono- + phýs(is) nature + -ītēs -ite¹

Mo·noph·y·sit·ic

[muh-nof-uh-sit-ik] /məˌnɒf əˈsɪt ɪk/, adjective Mo·noph·y·sit·ism, Mo·noph·y·sism, noun

He worked upon the emperor's mind in favour of the Monophysite pretender.

The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI |Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
I had no more a distinctive plea for Anglicanism, unless I would be a Monophysite.

Apologia pro Vita Sua |John Henry Newman
Thus while John is an adherent of Chalcedon and a dyothelite, the drift of his teaching is in the monophysite direction.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4 |Various
I had no longer a distinctive plea for Anglicanism, unless I would be a Monophysite.

Apologia Pro Vita Sua |John Henry Cardinal Newman

Monophysite

/ (mɒˈnɒfɪˌsaɪt) Christianity /

a person who holds that there is only one nature in the person of Christ, which is primarily divine with human attributes

of or relating to this belief

Monophysitic (ˌmɒnəʊfɪˈsɪtɪk), adjective Monophysitism, noun

C17: via Church Latin from Late Greek, from mono- + phusis nature