Nestorian

comparative more Nestorian · superlative most Nestorian

1. derogatorysometimesRelating to teachings or to the followers of Nestorius.

   A Nestorian stele, dated 781AD, was discovered in 1625 near Chang'an.

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   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

plural Nestorians

1. derogatorysometimesA 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.