See Also: sphacelia(dictionary)

Docetism (iou) and sphacelia (iou)


Docetism (iou)



Docetism noun. . M19.
[from DOCETE + -ISM.]
Christian Church. The belief or doctrine, held as a heresy by some early Christians, that Christ's body was either a phantasm or of real but celestial substance, and his sufferings only apparent.
docetic, Docetic adjective of or pertaining to Docetism or Docetists M19.
docetically adverb L19.
Docetist noun a follower of docetic teaching L19.

sphacelia (iou)



sphacelia noun. L19.
[mod. Latin, from SPHACELUS, with ref. to its effects when eaten: see -IA1.]
Botany. The whitish hymenium or conidial stage of an ergot fungus.
sphacelial adjective E20