NESTORIUS

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• NESTORIUS (noun)
  The noun NESTORIUS has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: NESTORIUS used as a noun is very rare.

• NESTORIUS (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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)