Nestorian
[ne'stɒ:riәn]
Definition
(noun.) a follower of Nestorius.
(adj.) relating to Nestorius or Nestorianism .
Typed by Dominic--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to 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 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.
(a.) Of or relating to the Nestorians.
(a.) relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution.
Typist: Phil
Definition
adj. pertaining to the Christological doctrine of Nestorius patriarch of Constantinople from 428 to his condemnation and deposition at the general council of Ephesus in 431; he held the true divinity and humanity of Christ but denied their union in a single self-conscious personality that union being merely moral or sympathetic—thus the personality was broken up into a duality.—n. a follower of Nestorius.—n. Nestō′rianism.
Editor: Pierre
Examples
- Nevertheless, Manich?ism held its own in Persia with Nestorian Christianity and orthodox Zoroastrianism (Mazdaism) for some centuries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To these Nestorian teachers came the fresh Arab mind out of the desert, keen and curious, and learnt much and improved upon its teaching. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To the court of Tai-tsung came an embassy from Byzantium, and, what is more significant, from Persia came a company of Nestorian missionaries (631). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Until the later days of the Mings (1644) little more is heard of Christianity, whether Nestorian or Catholic, in China. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But so did the Moslem historians, because of that mosque at Canton, and so did the Christian writers, because of the Nestorian envoys (631). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Apparently they were a tribe of Nestorian Tartars in Mongolia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These extremely interesting Asiatic Christians are known in history as the Nestorian Church, and their influence extended into China. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But the Nestorians were not the only teachers available for the Arabs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A still more remarkable embassy also came to the court of Tai-tsung in the year 628, three years earlier than the Nestorians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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