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- noun Plural form of
anthropomorphite .
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Examples
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In the judgment of Epicurus all the gods are anthropomorphites, or have the shape of men; but they are perceptible only by reason, for their nature admits of no other manner of being apprehended, their parts being so small and fine that they give no corporeal representations.
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Cyril of Alexandria, there were some anthropomorphites among the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Thus he involves contradictions he finds it difficult to reconcile; to effectuate this he makes his _anthropomorphites_ immaterial -- incorporeal; that is, he says they are the negation of every thing of which he has a knowledge; consequently, beings who can have no relation with corporeal beings: and this avails him no better, as will be evident by reasoning on the subject.
The System of Nature, Volume 2 Paul Henri Thiry Holbach 1756
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We suppose that a more beautiful animal could not be made, nor anything more marvelous than the productions of art; hence came that amusing heresy of the anthropomorphites, those pious hermits who doubtless destroyed their faces, believing that they could not honor God sufficiently without giving him a human countenance.
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We suppose that a more beautiful animal could not be made, nor anything more marvelous than the productions of art; hence came that amusing heresy of the anthropomorphites, those pious hermits who doubtless destroyed their faces, believing that they could not honor God sufficiently without giving him a human countenance.
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