Monothelite
[ muh-noth-uh-lahyt ]
/ məˈnɒθ əˌlaɪt /
noun Theology.
a person who maintains that Christ has a single theanthropic will.
Compare
Dyothelite.
Origin of Monothelite
1540–50; < Medieval Latin
monothelīta < Late Greek
monothelḗtēs, equivalent to Greek
mono-
mono- +
thelētḗs willer, equivalent to
thelē- (variant stem of
thélein to will) +
-tēs agent suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM Monothelite
Mo·noth·e·lit·ic [muh-noth-uh-lit-ik] /məˌnɒθ əˈlɪt ɪk/, adjective Mo·noth·e·lit·ism [muh-noth-uh-lahy-tiz-uh m] /məˈnɒθ ə laɪˌtɪz əm/, Mo·noth·e·lism, nounExample sentences from the Web for monothelite
Sixth general council of the Church, at Constantinople; Monothelite heresy condemned.