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Dy•oph•y•site
(dī of′ə sīt′),USA pronunciation n. [Theol.]
Dy•oph•y•sit•ic
(dī of′ə sit′ik),USA pronunciation Dy•oph′y•sit′i•cal, adj.
- a person who maintains that Christ has two natures, one divine and the other human. Cf. Monophysite.
- Late Greek dyophysí̄tēs, equivalent. to dýo two + phýs(is) nature + -ītēs -ite1
- 1855–60;
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