I. neˈstōrēən noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin Nestorianus, from Nestorius died ab 451 patriarch of Constantinople + Latin -anus -an
1. : a member of the Church of the East that originated in the ancient Persian Empire, rejected the condemnation of Nestorius by the Council of Ephesus in 431, and survives among Assyrians in Iraq, Iran, Syria, and the United States
2. : an adherent of Nestorianism
3. : assyrian 3
II. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
: of or relating to the Nestorians, to Nestorius, or to Nestorianism