\Pa`tri*pas"sian\, n. [LL. Patripassiani, pl.; L.
pater father + pati, passus, to suffer: cf. F.
patripassiens.] (Eccl. Hist.)
One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the
independent pre["e]xistent personality of Christ, and who,
accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a
monarchian. -- {Pa`tri*pas"sian*ism}, n.