Dictionary

Nestorianism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English Nestorian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Nestorianism From Nestorian + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The Christological doctrine ascribed to Nestorius, condemned as heretical by the Council of Ephesus but later also ascribed to the Church of the East, holding that within Christ there are two distinct hypostases, divine and human.
2. (broadly, countable, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable) The beliefs and practices of the Church of the East.

Forms

Relateds

hypostatic union · Arianism · monophysitism · Nestorian

Translations (17)

hy նեստորականություն (Christological doctrine) · de Nestorianismus (Christological doctrine) · id Nestorianisme (Christological doctrine) · ru несториа́нство (Christological doctrine) · uk несторіа́нство (Christological doctrine) · it nestorianesimo (Christological doctrine) · sv nestorianism (Christological doctrine) · ro nestorianism (Christological doctrine) · fr nestorianisme (Christological doctrine) · pt nestorianismo (Christological doctrine) · hu nesztorianizmus (Christological doctrine) · ar النُّسْطُورِيَّة (Christological doctrine) · es nestorianismo (Christological doctrine) · pl nestorianizm (Christological doctrine) · la Nestoriānismus (Christological doctrine) · fi nestoriolaisuus (Christological doctrine) · da nestorianisme (Christological doctrine)