theanthropic, a.
(θiːænˈθrɒpɪk)
[f. eccl. Gr. θεάνθρωπος Theanthropos + -ic.]
Pertaining, relating to, or having the nature of both God and man; at once divine and human.
| 1652 Benlowes Theoph. i. lxxviii, The Theanthropick Word, That Mystick Glasse of Revelations. 1864 in Webster. 1868 Gladstone Glean. (1879) III. 55 The theanthropic idea, the idea of God made man without ceasing to be God, was..familiar..to the old mythology. 1879 ― in 19th Cent. Oct. 765 An anthropomorphic or theanthropic system of marvellous imaginative splendour. 1882 Cave & Banks tr. Dorner's Chr. Doctr. 197 An image of Christ..which is actually and truly human and Divine at once, that is theanthropic. |
So theanˈthropical a. rare [see -ical].
| 1846 Worcester cites Bib. Rep. |