Nestorian

[ ne-stawr-ee-uhn, -stohr- ]

/ nɛˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr- /

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.

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Origin of Nestorian

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

OTHER WORDS FROM Nestorian

Nes·to·ri·an·ism, noun

Words nearby Nestorian

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Example sentences from the Web for Nestorian

Next day Coiat sent a Nestorian priest for the carts, to whom we caused all the four to be delivered.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. I|Robert Kerr
But a more serious consequence is latently contained in it, and nothing else than the Nestorian heresy, viz.
An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine|John Henry Cardinal Newman
This was the same town where fifty years previous the youthful Mahomet had been entertained at the Nestorian convent.
The Hand of Providence|J. H. Ward
It was he who confided the superintendence of his schools to the Nestorian Masu.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2)|John William Draper

We may only remind the reader that the Nestorian Christology was described by its earliest and its latest opponents as Ebionitic.
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)|Adolph Harnack

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