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Webster 1913 Edition

Nestorian

Nes-to′ri-an

,
p
rop.
Noun.
(Eccl. Hist.)
An adherent of
Nestorius
, patriarch of Constantinople in the fifth century, who was 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 God though she might be called 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
.

Nes-to′ri-an

,
Adj.
1.
Of or relating to the Nestorians.
2.
Relating to, or resembling,
Nestor
, the aged warrior and counselor mentioned by
Homer
; hence, wise; experienced; aged;
as,
Nestorian
caution
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Nestorian

NESTORIAN

,
Noun.
A follower of Nestorius, a heretic of the fifth century, who taught that Christ was divided into two persons.

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