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NESTORIUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Syrian who was a Christian bishop and Patriarch of Constantinople in the early fifth century; one of the major heresies concerning the doctrine of the hypostasis of Christ was named after him (died in 451)
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Instance hypernyms:
patriarch (title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem))
Derivation:
Nestorian (relating to Nestorius or Nestorianism)
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