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1. (n.) Nestorian
any of the followers of Nestorius, who denied the hypostasis of Christ and maintained the existence of two distinct persons in Him.
2. (adj.) Nestorian
of or pertaining to the Nestorians.
Etymology: (1400–50; < LL Nestoriānus)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) Nestorian
a follower of Nestorius
2. (adj) Nestorian
relating to Nestorius or Nestorianism
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) nestorian
of or relating to the Nestorians
2. (adj) nestorian
relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution
3. (noun) nestorian
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
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