"docetist" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Docetae + -ist, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Docetae|ist}} Docetae + -ist, {{der|en|LL.|Docetae}} Late Latin Docetae, {{der|en|grc-koi|Δοκηταί}} Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), {{der|en|grc|δοκέω|δοκεῖν|to seem, to appear}} Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} docetist (not comparable)
  1. (Christianity) Synonym of docetic, of or related to docetism or docetists. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: docetic [synonym, synonym-of], of or related to docetism or docetists [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-docetist-en-adj-z3tZjRxO Categories (other): Christianity Topics: Christianity

Noun

Forms: docetists [plural]
Etymology: From Docetae + -ist, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Docetae|ist}} Docetae + -ist, {{der|en|LL.|Docetae}} Late Latin Docetae, {{der|en|grc-koi|Δοκηταί}} Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), {{der|en|grc|δοκέω|δοκεῖν|to seem, to appear}} Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} docetist (plural docetists)
  1. (Christianity) One who believes in docetism. Synonyms: Docetae [historical, plural, plural-only], docete Derived forms: docetistic
    Sense id: en-docetist-en-noun-~AlF2nhk Categories (other): Christianity, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Gnosticism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Gnosticism: 38 62 Topics: Christianity

Inflected forms

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