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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Nestorian

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

For example, Nestorian Christianity emerged in the fifth century in the debates about Christ’s divinity, claiming that Jesus existed as two individuals—human and divine.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Hopkirk writes that it was supposedly Nestorian monks who smuggled silkworm eggs out of China in their staffs.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2020

At the same time, he said, any government has to take religious minorities — whether Nestorian Christians, Protestants or Jews — into account.

From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2010

It is truly a marvel not only that Baghdad, Edessa, and Nisibis possessed Nestorian schools of divinity and philosophy, but that Christian colleges, seminaries, and theological schools flourished in Samarcand, Bokhara, and Khiva!

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)