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Nestorian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Nestor + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) Relating to teachings or to the followers of Nestorius.
    • Through them passed not only the traders of the Silk Route[…] but also lone Buddhist monks carrying precious cargoes of scrolls in their backpacks, white-robed Manichean sages from Iran and austere Nestorian clerics who founded Christian monasteries even in remote Tibet. 1995 November 25, Michael Gibson, “The Treasures of a Lost Buddhist World”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN:
    • A Nestorian stele, dated 781AD, was discovered in 1625 near Chang'an.

Forms

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most Nestorian Degree=Sup lexicographic
more Nestorian Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

Nestorianize · Nestorianism · Nestorian Acephali · Nestorianist

Translations (15)

cs nestoriánský (related to the teachings of Nestorius) · fi nestorilainen (related to the teachings of Nestorius) · ro nestorian (related to the teachings of Nestorius) · pt nestoriano (related to the teachings of Nestorius) · hy նեստորական (related to the teachings of Nestorius) · de nestorianisch (related to the teachings of Nestorius) · es nestoriano (related to the teachings of Nestorius) · pl nestoriański (related to the teachings of Nestorius) · ar نُسْطُورِيّ (related to the teachings of Nestorius) · sv nestoriansk (related to the teachings of Nestorius) · nl nestoriaans (related to the teachings of Nestorius) · da nestoriansk (related to the teachings of Nestorius) · fr nestorien (related to the teachings of Nestorius) · it nestoriano (related to the teachings of Nestorius) · ru несторианский (related to the teachings of Nestorius)

Nestorian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Nestor + -ian.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) A perceived follower of Nestorius in the fourth and fifth centuries. A member of a Nestorian church.
    • After his return he bitterly complained of being called a Nestorian by the Monophysite Philoxenus, declaring that he "knew nothing" of Nestorius.

Forms

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Nestorians Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

Nestorius

Translations (17)

fr nestorien (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · de Nestorianer (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · pt nestoriano (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · de Nestorianerin (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · es nestoriano (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · pt nestoriana (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · it nestoriano (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · sv nestorian (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · fr nestorienne (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · ar نُسْطُورِيّ (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · pl nestorianka (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · it nestoriana (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · pl nestorianin (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · es nestoriana (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · da nestorianer (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · hy նեստորական (A member of a "Nestorian" church) · fi nestorilainen (A member of a "Nestorian" church)