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Nestorian, n. and a.2|nɛˈstɔərɪən|
[ad. L. Nestoriān-us, f. Nestori-us: see next.]
A. n. An adherent or follower of Nestorius; one who accepts or professes Nestorianism.
c1449Pecock Repr. v. iii. 500 The sect of Nestorianys. 1579Fulke Confut. Sanders 552 Anastasius was a fauourer of Nestorians. 1612Brerewood Lang. & Relig. xix. 175 The Nestorians in the north part of Mesopotamia. 1681Baxter Acc. Sherlock iv. 190 The Christians, called Nestorians,..are exceeding numerous in a great part of the East. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XIII. 11/2 The see of Seleucia, which the patriarch of the Nestorians has always filled. 1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 155/1 The Nestorians at one time spread into Persia. 1880Expositor XI. 458 The Nestorians appealed to Theodore in support of their doctrine.
B. adj.
1. Of persons: Accepting, professing, or adhering to, Nestorianism.
1565Jewel Repl. Harding To Rdr., The Nestorian heretics. 1602T. Fitzherbert Apol. 37 Being a magician, and a nestorian heretyk. 1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 32 The Epithete we give, more probably belongs to another Nestorian Prince. 1765tr. Mosheim's Eccl. Hist. (1833) 471 The great Nestorian pontiffs..look with a hostile eye on this little patriarch. 1863Chr. Work Dec. 644 The people among whom the Nestorian Christians are groaning.
2. Pertaining to, connected with, Nestorius or the Nestorians; of the nature of Nestorianism.
1680Baxter Cath. Commun. (1684) 14 The Nestorian Liturgy is one of the..best that I find recorded. 1724Waterland Crit. Hist. Athan. Creed vii. 108 They also condemn'd the Nestorian tenets. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XIII. 11/2 One of the chief promoters of the Nestorian cause was Barsumas. 1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 155/1 This doctrine..was the origin of the Nestorian schism. 1880Expositor XI. 456 His writings were thought to countenance the Nestorian heresy.
So † Nestorine. Obs. rare—1.
c1400Three Kings Cologne 132 Þe heretikes of þis yle, þe wich be cleped Nestorynes, take but litil kepe of his body. |