Docetae

Docetae
/doh see"tee/, n.pl.
early Christian adherents of Docetism.
[1810-20; < LGk doketaí, pl. of DOKETÉS one who professes the heresy of appearance, equiv. to Gk doke- (var. s. of dokeîn to seem, appear; cf. DOGMA) + -tes agent n. suffix]

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