Word.ws English Dictionary

monopatrism

monopatrism noun: in Christian theology, teachings that hold the Father as a singular source of a particular relation, for example: notion that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father only, as from the singular source of eternal procession.

Noun

monopatrism (uncountable)

  1. In Christian theology, teachings that hold the Father as a singular source of a particular relation, for example: notion that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father only, as from the singular source of eternal procession.

Origin of monopatrism

From Greek μόνος (only one) + Greek πατήρ (father), 'of the father only' or 'from the father only'.

Questions about monopatrism

What does monopatrism mean?
Monopatrism means in Christian theology, teachings that hold the Father as a singular source of a particular relation, for example: notion that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father only, as from the singular source of eternal procession.
What part of speech is monopatrism?
Monopatrism is a noun.

Words near monopatrism in the dictionary

  1. monopaternal
  2. monopathic
  3. monopathies
  4. monopathophobia
  5. monopathy
  6. monopatrism
  7. monopectinate
  8. monoped
  9. monopedal
  10. monopeds
  11. monopentose

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: monopatrism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “monopatrism.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/monopatrism. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.