Nestorian
[ne-stawr-ee-uh n, -stohr-]
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noun
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
Origin of Nestorian
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Here their patriarch dwells who ruled over all the Nestorian church.
Modern PersiaMooshie G. Daniel
All his classmen are leaders in the Presbyterian church as well as of the Nestorian nation.
Modern PersiaMooshie G. Daniel
Nestorian Christians, persecuted by the Sassanian princes, 89.
History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6)Heinrich Graetz
The Nestorians are the true Chaldeans, and repudiate the name Nestorian.
Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish ArabiaM. E. Hume-Griffith
The Nestorian profession of faith, in fifth act of Council of Ephesus.
St. Peter, His Name and His OfficeThomas W. Allies
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