NESTORIANISM


Meaning of NESTORIANISM in English

[ nɛ'stɔ:rɪənɪz(ə)m ]

■ noun the Christian doctrine that there were two separate persons in Christ, one human and one divine, maintained by some ancient Churches of the Middle East.

Derivatives

Nestorian adjective &noun

Origin

named after Nestorius , patriarch of Constantinople (428–31).

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.