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Webster 1913 Edition
Nestorian
Nes-to′ri-an
,p
rop.
Noun.
(Eccl. Hist.)
An adherent of , patriarch of Constantinople in the fifth century, who was condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in
Nestorius
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. Opposed to Eutychian
. Nes-to′ri-an
,Adj.
1.
Of or relating to the Nestorians.
2.
Relating to, or resembling,
Nestor
, the aged warrior and counselor mentioned by Homer
; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as,
. Nestorian
cautionWebster 1828 Edition
Nestorian
NESTORIAN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Nestorian
Nestorian
English
Adjective
Nestorian (comparative more Nestorian, superlative most Nestorian)
- (sometimes pejorative) relating to teachings or to the followers of Nestorius
- A Nestorian stele, dated 781AD, was discovered in 1625 near Changan
Translations
Noun
Nestorian (plural Nestorians)
- (sometimes pejorative) 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.
Translations
A member of a "Nestorian" church
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See also
- Nestorius
- Nestorianism