Nestorian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Nestorian in British English:
UK [nesˈtɔ:riən]
How to pronounce Nestorian in American English:
US [nɛˈstɔriən, -ˈstor-]
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- Adjective:
- relating to Nestorius or Nestorianism
Word Origin
- Nestorian (n.)
- in Church history (mid-15c.), a follower of Nestorius (Latinized form of Nestor), 5c. patriarch of Constantinople, whose doctrine attributed distinct divine and human persons to Christ and was condemned as heresy. As an adjective from 1560s. Related: Nestorianism.
Example
- 1. A study of the nestorian bronze crosses found in the ordos region .
- 2. The city layout reflected their diversity : there were mosques , " idol temples " and even a nestorian christian church .
- 3. He comes to the conclusion that this place must have been a christian burial-ground , a columbarium from the nestorian days .
- 4. Constantinople ii was convoked to condemn the nestorian writings called the " three chapters . "
- 5. When st. francis visited the island a nestorian priest was still in charge .