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noun
Any of various groups of Christians, Gnostics, etc. said to believe that Jesus was fully divine and that his humanity and sufferings were illusory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, historical, plural, plural-only
Topics: Christianity
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History
From Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), from Ancient Greek δοκέω (dokéō, “to seem, to appear”).
