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单词 nestorian
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Nestoriann.adj.1

Brit. /nɛˈstɔːrɪən/, U.S. /nɛsˈtɔriən/
Forms: Middle English Nestoryen, Middle English– Nestorian, 1500s Nestoryan.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Nestorianus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin Nestorianus, adjective (5th cent.) and noun (beginning of the 6th cent.) < Nestorius (Byzantine Greek Νεστόριος ), the name of a patriarch of Constantinople and heresiarch (appointed patriarch in 428) + -anus -an suffix. Compare Byzantine Greek Νεστοριανός, noun (536), Middle French, French nestorien, noun and adjective (1489 as noun), Italian nestoriano (a1310 as noun), Spanish nestoriano (1350 as adjective and noun).
A. n.
A follower or adherent of Nestorius; a person who accepts or professes Nestorianism. In modern use also: a member of a modern Orthodox Church characterized by aspects of Nestorianism.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > major early Christian sects > Nestorianism > [noun] > person
Nestorian?a1425
Nestorinec1450
Nestorianizer1888
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 81 Þer ben oþere þat men clepen Nestoryenes, And summe Arryenes.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 500 (MED) The sect of Nestorianys..helden that Marie was not the modir of God but modir of a man oonli.
1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 552 Anastasius was a fauourer of Nestorians.
a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) xix. 143 The Nestorians in the North part of Mesopotamia.
1681 R. Baxter Acct. Sherlocke iv. 190 The Christians, called Nestorians,..are exceeding numerous in a great part of the East.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 11/2 The see of Seleucia, which the patriarch of the Nestorians has always filled.
1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 155/1 The Nestorians at one time spread into Persia.
1880 Expositor 11 458 The Nestorians appealed to Theodore in support of their doctrine.
1929 S. Leslie Anglo-Catholic x. 121 Mohamed smashed the Church of Persia, of which the Chaldæans and the Nestorians remained fragments.
1989 Lit. Rev. Aug. 49/1 How come a few Nestorians still live in Kashgar?
B. adj.1
1. Designating a person accepting, professing, or adhering to Nestorianism.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > major early Christian sects > Nestorianism > [adjective]
Nestorinea1500
Nestorian1565
1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare vi. 365 As the Nestorian Heretiques alleged.
1602 T. Fitzherbert Apol. 37 Being a magician, and a nestorian heretyk.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 33 The Epithite we give, more propably belongs to another Nestorian Prince.
1765 A. Maclaine tr. J. L. von Mosheim Eccl. Hist. (1833) 471 The great Nestorian pontiffs..look with a hostile eye on this little patriarch.
1863 Christian Work Dec. 644 The people among whom the Nestorian Christians are groaning.
1933 Downside Rev. 51 399 Fr Hugh Conolly was editing a..translation of certain Syriac liturgical homilies of Mar Narsai, a fifth century Nestorian writer.
1990 G. Appleton Unfinished (BNC) 22 Beliefs and practices..believed..to trace back to Nestorian missionaries moving through parts of Burma into China.
2. Of, relating to, or connected with Nestorius or the Nestorians; of the nature of Nestorianism.
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1684 R. Baxter Catholick Communion 14 The Nestorian Liturgy is one of the..best that I find recorded.
1724 D. Waterland Crit. Hist. Athanasian Creed vii. 108 They also condemn'd the Nestorian tenets.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 11/2 One of the chief promoters of the Nestorian cause was Barsumas.
1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 155/1 This doctrine..was the origin of the Nestorian schism.
1880 Expositor 11 456 His writings were thought to countenance the Nestorian heresy.
1929 E. C. Thomas Lay Folks' Hist. Liturgy i. v. 22 These Nestorian Liturgies differ in the Anaphora, but the Ordinary of the Mass is the same in all.
1994 Fellowship Catholic Scholars Newslet. Dec. 23/1 First, this position is an old Nestorian heresy explicitly condemned—Anathema sit!—on May 15, 553.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Nestorianadj.2

Brit. /nɛˈstɔːrɪən/, U.S. /nɛsˈtɔriən/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Nestor , -ian suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Nestor (see Nestor n.) + -ian suffix.
Of, characteristic of, or relating to Nestor; resembling Nestor in longevity or wisdom.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > old (of beings, etc.)
oldeOE
winteredeOE
oldlyOE
over-oldOE
eldernc1175
at-oldc1200
stricken on, in age, in eldec1380
oldlya1382
(well, far, etc.) stepped in age, in or into yearsc1386
ancientc1400
aged1420
well-agedc1450
ripec1480
passing oldc1485
(well) shot in years1530
old aged1535
agey1547
Ogygian1567
strucken1576
oldish1580
stricken in yearsa1586
declined1591
far1591
struck1597
Nestorian1605
overripe1605
elderly1611
eld1619
antiquated1631
enaged1631
thorough-old1639
emerita1643
grandevous1647
magnaevous1727
badgerly1753
(as) old as the hills1819
olden days1823
crusted1833
long in the tooth1841
oldened1854
mature1867
over the hill1950
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xvii. 92 It will suffice..to prolong our dayes to Nestorian yeares [L. Nestoreos annos].
1625 T. Heywood Funeral Elegie Death King Iames sig. D3 Blest with a fortunate Nestorian Reigne.
1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur vi. 172 Pascentius next, a wise Nestorian head.
1960 J. F. Lehmann I am my Brother ii. ii. 47 I watched the Admirals, Captains and Commanders..smoking in their arm-chairs after dinner with unruffled Nestorian dignity.
1986 N. Barley Plague of Caterpillars xi. 125 A boy may expect to inherit his father's wives or take over those of a Nestorian uncle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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