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 second writer, Ishoyahb III, was Patriarch of the Church of the East, or the Nestorian Church, from 649 to 659, leading the most popular Christian denomination of the former Persian Empire.

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

B. M. 12,138, a Nestorian work, written a.d.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener