单词 | henotic |
释义 | henoticadj. Now rare. Aiming to unite or reconcile opposing parties or positions; unifying.Originally and chiefly with reference to the emperor Zeno's Henotikon, a decree issued in 482 with the aim of restoring religious unity between the pro-Chalcedonian see of Constantinople and the anti-Chalcedonian see of Alexandria (see Henotikon n.). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [adjective] > reconciling reconcilinga1500 reconciliatory1581 atoning1609 henotic1615 reconciliating1723 reconciliative1773 1615 P. Simson Short Compend Hist. First Ten Persecutions II. v. ii. 21 Petrus Gnapheus subscribed the henoticke letters of Zeno... Henoticke letters were letters to procure peace and vnion in the Church. 1878 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings (1879) III. 226 Nor, I believe, has any country produced a greater number of Henotic writers; the theological peacemakers, who..have striven..to close the breaches of Christendom. 1959 A. Butler tr. H. Daniel-Rops Church in Dark Ages iii. 153 The Monophysite bishops were deposed, the patriarch, whether he liked it or not, had to sign a declaration of orthodoxy, which repudiated the Henotic Edict. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1615 |
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