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A perceived follower of Nestorius in the fourth and fifth centuries. A member of a "Nestorian" church

After his return he bitterly complained of being called a Nestorian by the Monophysite Philoxenus, declaring that he knew nothing of Nestorius.

relating to teachings or to the followers of Nestorius

A Nestorian stele, dated 781AD, was discovered in 1625 near Changan.

{n} one of a sect who denied Mary to be the mother of Christ
adj. Member of a Christian sect that originated in Asia Minor and Syria in the 5th century AD, inspired by the views of Nestorius. Nestorians stressed the independence of Christ's divine and human natures. Nestorian scholars played a prominent role in the formation of Arab culture after the Arab conquest of Persia; Nestorianism also spread to India, China, Egypt, and Central Asia, where certain tribes were almost entirely converted. Today the Nestorians are represented by the Church of the East, or Persian church, usually referred to in the West as the Assyrian or Nestorian church. Most of its members, who number more than 200,000, live in Iraq, Syria, and Iran
relating to Nestorius or Nestorianism
Opposed to Eutychian
Of or relating to the Nestorians
Relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warrior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution
An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople in the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of God though she might be called the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in Persia, India, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence
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nestorian church
a Christian Church in the Middle East that followed Nestorianism; there is still a small Nestorian Church in Iraq headed by a catholico
nestorian

    Hyphenation

    Nes·to·ri·an

    Turkish pronunciation

    nestôriın

    Pronunciation

    /neˈstôrēən/ /nɛˈstɔːriːən/
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