Crossword-Solution: NESTORIAN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Nestorian | n. | An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has 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 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. |
| Nestorian | a. | Of or relating to the Nestorians. |
| Nestorian | a. | relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution. |
Anagrams
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| NESTORIAN | anagram | ANOINTERS, ROSINANTE, SERATONIN |
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| Of an ancient wise king. | 1 answer |
| Assyrian. | 2 answers |
| A FOLLOWER OF NESTORIUS | 11 answers |
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Sentences with NESTORIAN (5)
But the East was distracted by the Nestorian and Eutychian controversies; which attempted to explain the mystery of the incarnation, and hastened the ruin of Christianity in her native land.
The Catholics were attached to the nephew of Justin, who, between the Nestorian and Eutychian heresies, trod the narrow path of inflexible and intolerant orthodoxy.
Macedonius, who was suspected of the Nestorian heresy, asserted, in disgrace and exile, the synod of Chalcedon, while the successor of Cyril would have purchased its overthrow with a bribe of two thousand pounds of gold.
Instead of owning themselves the subjects of the Roman pontiff, the spiritual and temporal monarch of the globe, they adhered, like their ancestors, to the communion of the Nestorian patriarch; and the bishops whom he ordained at Mosul, traversed the dangers of the sea and land to reach their diocese on the coast of Malabar.
Since the expulsion of the Portuguese, the Nestorian creed is freely professed on the coast of Malabar.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1962).