Nestorian

American  

[ne-stawr-ee-uhn, -stohr-] / nɛˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr- /

noun

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• Nestorianism
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Nestorian

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

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Outside this elite circle, however, Zoroastrianism had long been declining in popularity, while other religious traditions, including Nestorian Christianity and Manichaeism, grew.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

The Nestorian Christians had come primarily from Syria and Persia.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

We climbed a promontory that descended past a fallow plot of farmland and ended at Mar Odisho, a Nestorian monastery with stones that looked like fresh loaves of bread.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022

Another highlights the Yuan dynasty’s religious diversity, with paintings, sculptures and textiles relating to Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Nestorian Christianity, Manichaeism and Islam.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2010

Their banishment from Edessa in 489 drove the Nestorian scholars to Persia, where the Sassanid rulers gave them a welcome; and there they continued their labours on the Organon.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various