miaphysite

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

miaphysite (not comparable)

(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.

miaphysite (plural miaphysites)

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