A Nestorian stele, dated 781AD, was discovered in 1625 near Chang'an.
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Nestorian
Synonyms for "nestorian"
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32 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- نُسْطُورِيّ adj (related to the teachings of Nestorius)
- نُسْطُورِيّ noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
Armenian
2 entries- նեստորական adj (related to the teachings of Nestorius)
- նեստորական noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
Czech
1 entries- nestoriánský adj (related to the teachings of Nestorius)
Danish
2 entries- nestoriansk adj (related to the teachings of Nestorius)
- nestorianer noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
Dutch
1 entries- nestoriaans adj (related to the teachings of Nestorius)
Finnish
2 entries- nestorilainen adj (related to the teachings of Nestorius)
- nestorilainen noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
French
3 entries- nestorien adj (related to the teachings of Nestorius)
- nestorien noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
- nestorienne noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
German
3 entries- nestorianisch adj (related to the teachings of Nestorius)
- Nestorianer noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
- Nestorianerin noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
Italian
3 entries- nestoriano adj (related to the teachings of Nestorius)
- nestoriana noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
- nestoriano noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
Polish
3 entries- nestoriański adj (related to the teachings of Nestorius)
- nestorianin noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
- nestorianka noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
Portuguese
3 entries- nestoriano adj (related to the teachings of Nestorius)
- nestoriana noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
- nestoriano noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
Romanian
1 entries- nestorian adj (related to the teachings of Nestorius)
Russian
1 entries- несторианский adj (related to the teachings of Nestorius)
Spanish
3 entries- nestoriano adj (related to the teachings of Nestorius)
- nestoriana noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
- nestoriano noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
Swedish
2 entries- nestoriansk adj (related to the teachings of Nestorius)
- nestorian noun (A member of a "Nestorian" church)
Sample sentences
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Through them passed not only the traders of the Silk Route[…] but also lone Buddhist monks carrying precious cargoes of scrolls in their backpacks, white-robed Manichean sages from Iran and austere Nestorian clerics who founded Christian monasteries even in remote Tibet.
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After his return he bitterly complained of being called a Nestorian by the Monophysite Philoxenus, declaring that he "knew nothing" of Nestorius.
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