Definition of nestorian Nestorian

/nɛstɔˈɹiʌn/ - [nestoreeun] - Nes•to•ri•an

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What does nestorian mean?

Noun
nestorian - a follower of Nestorius
Adjective
nestorian - relating to Nestorius or Nestorianism

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nestorian (Noun)
A perceived follower of Nestorius in the fourth and fifth centuries. A member of a "Nestorian" church.
nestorian (Adjective)
Relating to teachings or to the followers of Nestorius.

nestorian (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.
nestorian (a.)
Of or relating to the Nestorians.
nestorian (a.)
relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution.

nestorian
nes-tō′ri-an, 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