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Monothelite
[ muh-noth-uh-lahyt ]
noun
, Theology.
- a person who maintains that Christ has a single theanthropic will.
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Other Words From
- Mo·noth·e·lit·ic [m, uh, -noth-, uh, -, lit, -ik], adjective
- Mo·noth·e·lit·ism [m, uh, -, noth, -, uh, -lahy-tiz-, uh, m], Mo·nothe·lism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Monothelite1
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
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Example Sentences
Sixth general council of the Church, at Constantinople; Monothelite heresy condemned.
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