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Nestorian
[ ne-stawr-ee-uhn, -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.
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- Nes·tori·an·ism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Nestorian1
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Example Sentences
At the time, we were endeavouring to give the local Nestorian clergy a weeks instruction in matters pastoral and devotional.
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The scandals there referred to, however, are quite absent from the modern Nestorian Church.
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It is very probable that a part of the military sent to conquer Japan, were commanded by Nestorian officers.
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Scott knew little of Homer, but coincided in the Nestorian humour by mere congruity of genius.
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A clear light is thrown upon the matter by the history of the Pelagian, Nestorian, and Eutychian heresies.
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