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Meaning of NESTORIAN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Nes*to"ri*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
    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}.
    
  2. \Nes*to"ri*an\, a.
    1. Of or relating to the Nestorians.
    2. relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and
       counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced;
       aged; as, Nestorian caution.
    
 

 

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