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Meaning of Nestorian in English:

Nestorian

adjective & noun

See Nestorianism

‘It was neither Nestorian nor Orthodox Christians who managed the great penetration into the East.’
  • ‘But there is clear evidence that during this period Manichaeism from Persia and Nestorian Christianity from Constantinople had also penetrated into China.’
  • ‘Those who remained outside Catholicism may not be exactly identified as Nestorians any more by this period, but had historical roots in that branch of Christianity, and were called Assyrians.’
  • ‘The rest of the Nestorians in the region continued to be called Assyrians…’
  • ‘Wool, gold and silver made the return trip, along with Buddhism (which stuck) and Nestorian Christianity (which didn't).’