Nestorian

[ne-stawr-ee-uh n, -stohr-]

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

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Late Latin word Nestoriānus. See Nestorius, -an

Related formsNes·to·ri·an·ism, noun

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Historical Examples of nestorian

Here their patriarch dwells who ruled over all the Nestorian church.
Modern Persia
Mooshie G. Daniel
All his classmen are leaders in the Presbyterian church as well as of the Nestorian nation.
Modern Persia
Mooshie 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 Arabia
M. E. Hume-Griffith
The Nestorian profession of faith, in fifth act of Council of Ephesus.
St. Peter, His Name and His Office
Thomas W. Allies

Word Origin and History for nestorian

Nestorian

in Church history (mid-15c.), a follower of Nestorius (Latinized form of Nestor), 5c. patriarch of Constantinople, whose doctrine attributed distinct divine and human persons to Christ and was condemned as heresy. As an adjective from 1560s. Related: Nestorianism.