monotheism 
It. miinotrixnin, < Gr. ft6vor, single, + " " . < !od : 
gee >/K'iMii.] The doctrine in- licli,-l' thai tlicre 
is lint one God. 
monotheist (mon'6-the-ist). H. [= F. IIKIIIO- 
Ihi'isli- = Sp. monoteintu, < <!r. H..., single. + 
it: n:, (ioil: sec th<-ittt.~\ One who believes that 
there is hill cine (lull. 
monotheistic (m>n o-thc-is'tik), n. [< mono- 
lln-int + -ic.] Of or pertaining to monotheism; 
i.f t he nature of monotheism ; believing in mon- 
citlicism. 
Monotheletic (mon'o-the-let'ik), a. Same as 
MonotkeUtia. 
Monotheletism (inon-o-thd'c-ti/.tn) 
us Monothrlitixm. 
closely connected with Monopliyslttsm was ilonothrle- 
lixin, or the doctrine that Christ has but one will, as he 
has but one person. Scha/, Christ and Christianity, p. 62. 
monothelious (mon-o-the'li-us), a. [< Gr. //- 
wir, single, + fty?.t>r, female.] In roof., polyau- 
drous: noting species in which several males 
serve to fecundate a single female. 
Monothelism (mo-noth'e-lizm), M. [=F. iiiniiii- 
thelittmc = Sp. iiiniiotelismo; as iiniHothel(ite) + 
-I'XIH.] Same as Monotlielitism. 
Monothelina was the simple and natural consequence 
of Monophysltism, and originated from the endeavors 
which the State Church made in the seventh century to 
conciliate the Monophysites. Schaff-Uenog, Encyc. 
li'e-lit). . F= F. monothe- 
3845 
I Ills translation . . . was Bret published In the mono- 
ttnnr edition of Ulhbon's Miscellaneous Works. 
/'. Hull, M...I. Kug., p. 56, not*. 
loi 
monotrochian 
It l> In r*ln longer," aid my father, In the nvwl i|tieni- 
!/ Imaginable. ''" tniKi<lc u I have done." 
Sttrnr, 1 n-lr.iiii shandy. Iv. 19. 
+ -ulii-.] ' \ fiiinily .ifi-liivi.-.ini 
I, n,, I, rii. typified by the genus Monotoma. The 
dorsal segments of the abdomen are partly membranous ; 
the ventral segment! are free; the tarnl are 3-Jolnted ; the 
, the sect of the Monothelites 
, of one will), < Gr. //owe, single, 
, will, > Be'hr^K, one who wills.] One 
who holds that Christ has but one will, the 
LGr. 
(cf. 
Monotomidse (mon-o-tom'i-de), n.,,1. [NL., < 2. Tiresome uniformity or lack of variation in 
\.j_-, A t ii_^c -____ i'^_ any respect; sameness; want of vanety. 
At tea everything that break* the monotony of the sur- 
rounding expanse attracts attenii..,, 
Irting, Sketch-Book. |. l >. 
iN[.^ an- nut TihuM-.l ; I!"' MOOOd j..ii,t ..( th. Ui-i IH M..I Monotremata (lii..i,-<.-tn-m':i-t;i). n. ill. [M... 
SiaftiS5SSSSS^&S^3& < V r -r y)f ' Biugle '/ r *r lT ' 1 K r'rf'T 
"X ami the front coxa, are small and rounded. hole, < rtrpaivuv ^ rpa, bore, perforate.] 1. 
(mo-not'o-mus), . [< Gr. pAvoc., In mammal., the lowest order of the class Mum- 
', Vouf<i','cut.] In mineral., hav- malia, containing those mammals which have 
a single or common opening of the genital, uri- 
nary, and digestive organs, and are oviparous. 
The'order coincides with the subclass OmitkodrliMa, and 
also wilh I'ntatkrria and Amaita ; it Is divided Inlo two 
suborders, Tadiygtmaa and Mtfyfuxttl respectively con- 
stituted by the families Taclit/glnaid a (or Kdadnida) and 
Ornilhiirhi/nehida (or Platypodida). There are mam- 
mary glands, but no nipples. There is a common cloaca. 
Into which empty the sperm -ducts, oviducts, and ureters, 
and which also receives the feces, as In birds; and the fe- 
males lay eggs like those of reptiles. The tmtes, like the 
ovaries, remain abdominal. There Is a peculiar T-haped 
eplsternum or interclavlcle, and the coracoki Joins the 
sternum, as in birds. (See cut at intrrdactele. ) There are 
no true teeth. The very peculiar mammals which consti- 
tute this order are the duck-mole or duck-billed platypus, 
Ornithorhynchvt paradox**, and several species of so-call- 
ed spiny anteaters. of the genera Echidna or Taehmlatim 
and Zaylomut or Aeanthoototw. See cut* under dvdMtt 
and Kekidnida. 
2. In conch., a division of geophilous pulmo- 
nate gastropods, having the external male and 
female orifices contiguous or common : opposed 
to Ditremata. 
monotrematoUS (mon-o-trem'a-tus), a. [As 
Monotremata + -out.}' Having a single or 
common opening for the genital, urinary, and 
digestive organs, as a mammal ; pertaining to 
the Monotremata, or having their characters; 
1 single, + rtfiveiv, ra/ic-iv,cut.J In (Mineral., Hav- 
ing cleavage distinct in only one direction. 
, n. Same monotone (mon'6-ton), n. [< Gr. /wnxirovof , of 
one and the sanio tone, < Gr. /ifooc., single, + 
rtfOf, tone: see (one.] 1. In rhet., a satucncs* 
of tone; the utterance of successive syllables 
at one unvaried pitch, with little or no inflec- 
tion or cadence. 2. Monotony or sameness of 
style in writing or speaking. 
He speaks of fearful massacres ... in the tune mono- 
tone of expression. 
3. In w.v('e: (a) A single tone, without har- 
mony or variation in pitch, (b) Recitation of 
words in such a tone, especially in a church ser- 
vice, sometimes with harmonic accompaniment 
and with occasional inflections or melodic va- 
riations; intoning; chanting. Monotone Is a natu- 
ral device for Increasing the sonority of the voice, so that 
it may readily till a large space, and is also thought by some 
4. Something spoken or written in one tone or 
strain. 
"InMemoriam,". . . although a monotone, | is] no more 
monotonous than the sounds of nature, the murmur of 
n.mntain pines. 
Sttdman, Viet. Poets, p. 169. 
__________ ..... _ ..... _______________ 
divine ; specifically, one of a heretical sect or ocean, the soughing of the mountain pines. 
party in the Eastern Empire in the seventh ____ . ____ ...... 7 ------- 
century, which held that in Christ there are monotone (mon'o-tou), r. t. and i.; pi I monotreme; prototherian. 
but one will (the divine will absorbing the 
human) and one operation or energy (Mpf-cta). 
The Church hath of old condemned Monothelitet as hcre- 
tics. for holdini; that Christ had but one will. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, T. 48. 
pp. monotoned, ppr. monotoning. [< monotone, monotreme (mon'o-trem), a. and n. [< Gr. 
I] To recite in a single, unvaried tone ; in- 
tone ; chant. Strictly speaking, to monotone and to 
intone are not the same, the latter having a technical 
meaning In connection with Gregorian music ; but In 
common usage they are made synonymous. 
Vton'ik), a. [< monotone + 
n6irof, single, + Tp^fia, hole: see Monotremata.] 
I. a. Same as monotrematous: as, monotreme 
mammals; a monotreme egg. 
n. n. A member of the Monotremata, as a 
duck-mole or prickly ant-eater. 
TheJfomXMi(.,ascctwhnadoptedinainodine<lforin monotonic ( mO n-6-ton'ik), a. [< monotone + duck-mole or prickly ant-eater. 
^n l renel t Com!rn! > C^co^rt,k y rS ,c] 1 Monotonous. [Bare.] -2. Pertain- monotremOuS (mon'6-tre-mus). . Same 
Mxtimcnii.il ( OUIKH in ooo. mil . _ J . ,,it.J ;., mn ., n nla miiiintrimiltllllK. 
among the Mardaites, a people of Lebanon, who about 
Imac Taylor, The Alphabet, I, 
Monothelitic (mon'6-the-lit'ik), a. [Also Mon- 
ntlteletic : < Monothclite + -if.] Pertaining or 
pedient for throwing the voice to greater distances than It 
could be made to reach by ordinary means. 
(fnm't Diet. Jftuie, II. 356. 
akin to the Monothelites or their doctrine. monotonical(mon-o-ton'i-kal),a. [< monotonic 
Monothelitism (mo-noth'e-li-tizm), n. [= F. + .;.] Same as monotonic. 
nioiiotlti'litisme; as Monothelite + -ism.] The we should not be lulled to sleep by the length of a mono 
doctrine that in the person of Christ there are tonical declamation. 
but one will and one energy or operation ; op- monotonically (mon-o-ton'i-kal-i), atlv. In a 
posed to the orthodox doctrine (dyothelism) monotonic or monotonous manner, 
that since the incarnation Christ has two dis- monotonist (mo-not'6-nist), n. [< monotone -t 
l inct wills, the divine and the human, and two .</.] One who talks or writes persistently on 
distinct but harmonious operations. The Mo- a single subject. Dories. 
nothelites argued that his will must be one, will being monotonous (mo-not'o-nus), a. [= F. mono- 
attached to personality. The orthodox urged that there _ mono iono ='Pg. It. monotono, < LGr. 
must be two wills in him. as otherwise either the d vine ^"^^17^^^, / 3 , lA ,^ ain . 
or the human nature would be imperfect, and cited the 
texts Mat. xxvl. 42 ; Luke xxii. 42 ; John v. 80, vi. 38. See 
Monothelite. Also Monotlirletixin. Monnthelism. 
monothetic (mon-o-thet'ik), a. [< Or. //drof, 
single, + flerof, verbal adj. of nftevai, put: see 
thesis.] In philos., positing or supposing a sin- 
gle essential element. 
monotint (mon'o-tint), n. [< Gr. /ifooc., single, 
4- E. tint.'] Drawing, painting, printing, etc., 
in a single tint. Compare monochrome. 
The characters are mere studies in monotint. 
Contemporary Ret., L. 405. 
monotocOUS (mo-not'o-kns), a. [< Gr. /tovo- 
roKof, bearing but one at a time, < /i6vof, single, 
one, + TI'KTEIV, Tficfiv, bear (> roxof, birth).] 1. 
I n ,-ooV., having only one at a birth ; uniparous, 
', of one tone, < Gr. povof, single, + row*, 
tone: see tone. Cf. monotone.] 1. Character- 
ized by monotony; continued in the same tone 
without inflection or cadence; unvaried in tone. 
Every line was perhaps uniformly recited to the same 
monotonous modulation with a pause in the midst. 
T. Wartoii, Hist Eng. Poetry, II. 
Then came silence, then a voice, 
Monototuna and hollow like a ghost's. 
Tennyion, Guinevere. 
2. Unvarying in any respect; tiresomely uni- 
form. 
One salmon behaves much like another ; and after one 
has caught four or nve, and when one knows that one can 
catch as many more as one wishes. Impatient people might 
find the occupation monotonous. Froude, Sketches, p. 85. 
Monotonous function, in math., a function whose value 
;:s===;^s=,; Srs,ss;r"-" 
creases or ouatamuj nc^iLtaum. 
egg before incubating, as sundry birds. 2. In monotonously (mo-uot'6-nus-li), adv. In a mo- 
/..i/., bearing progeny (fruiting) ice ?. a _ 8 notonous manner; with monotony, tiresome 
uniformity, or lack of variation, 
monotonousness (mo-not'o-nus-nes), n. 
., 
in annuals or biennials: same as monocari><n<.i. 
./i-lM) IH1Htt)l<ft\ /O. 
The 
Monotriglyph, Temple of A*.- Archaic Dofic. CFtom Report at 
Invettigaiioiu. 1881. of ArchcoloKlcal Intitule of America.) 
a, coraice ; *, frieie compoed of alternating tjiglrphs and meto- 
pes; f, architrave or epistyle. 
of the Doric order, embracing one triglyph and 
two metopes in the entablature immediately 
above it. 
Monotrocha (mo-not'ro-ka), . pi. [NL., < Gr. 
fiovArpoxof, a one-wheeled car, prop, adj., having 
one wheel, < vfaof, single, + T/IOXOC, wheel.] 1 . 
In Ehrenberg's classification, a prime division 
of Rotifera, containing those wheel-animalcules 
in which the wheel is single, continuous,and cili- 
ated : distinguished from .*orotrocha, with com- 
pound or divided wheel. He divided them into 
two orders, Bolotrocha and Schizotrocha, each of 
two families. 2. In entom., one of two great 
divisions of ffymenoptera, including those 
groups in which the trochanters have but one 
joint, proposed by Hartig J"_^^- y comprise! 
or quality of being 
irksome or dreary sameness 
genus of Monotomidiv, often referred to Lath- 
in ants' nests. 
monotome ( mon'o-tom), a. [< Gr. fiovo^, single. 
-t- r&fiof, section, volume: see tome.] Com- 
prised in one tome or volume. [Rare.] 
pertaining 
lation; monotone. monotrochian (mon-o-tro'ki-an), n.andn. [As 
Our earliest poets were fond of multiplying the same \J,, no trorha + -inn.] I. a. Monotrochous, ft* a 
final sound to the most tedious monotony. 
T. Warton, Hist. Eng. Poetry. I. 21. 
. . 
, n nt fr . nnt unrotroohous 
rotifer, not l 
