phantascope, phantasma scope

[Gr. phantasma =an image, and skopeō to view, to observe.) An instrument invented by Dr. John Locke, of Cincinnati, to illustrate some phenomena of binocular vision. Phăn-tăş-1-ăst, s. [Gr. phantasiazō =to cheat with vain appearances.] Church Hist. & Ecclesiol . ( pl .): A division of the Monophysite sect in the sixth century, who followed Julian Halicarna us in believing that the Divine nature had so insinuated itself into the body of Christ from the very moment of His conception that it became incorruptible. Nor did it feel real hunger, thirst, fatigue, or pain, but only semblances. Called also Aphthartodocetæ, Docetæ, and Manicheans. ( Mosheim .) "A dim shadow that recasts The creed of the Phantasiasts ." Long fellow: Wayside Inn. (Interlude.) phăn'-tăşm, *phăn-tăş'-mą, subst . [Gr. phan tasma ; Fr. phantasme .] [PHANTOM.] 1. A creation of the fancy; an apparition, a phantom; an optical illusion; an imaginary existence which seems to be real. "A phantasm like a dream of night." Words worth: White Doe of Rylstone, ii. 2. A fancy, a notion, an idea. phăn-tăş-ma-gör'-i-a, 8. [Gr. phantasma = a 3089 *phăn-ta-sỹ, s. & v. [FANTASY, 8. & v.] *phan-tike, a . & 8. [FANATIC.]