[f. TRI- + Gr. φύσις nature + -ITE1 1 a: see MONOPHYSITE.] See quot.
1874. J. H. Blunt, Dict. Sects (1886), 599/2. Triphysites, those divines who A.D. 684, 688 declared a belief not only in Christs distinct Divine and Human natures, but also in a third nature resulting from the union of the two.