Dictionary

docetist en · ADJ

Etymology

From Docetae + -ist, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Synonym of docetic, of or related to docetism or docetists.
   • The Apocryphal Acts of John expresses the Gnostic and docetist heresy of distinguishing the Cosmic Christ from Jesus the Christ. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 253:

Synonyms

docetic · of or related to docetism or docetists

docetist en · NOUN

Etymology

From Docetae + -ist, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”).

Meanings

1. One who believes in docetism.

Forms

Deriveds

docetistic

Synonyms

docete · Docetae