Nestorius

[ ne-stawr-ee-uhs, -stohr- ]

noun

1. died a.d. 451?, Syrian ecclesiastic: patriarch of Constantinople 428–431.

Nestorius

/ nɛˈstɔːrɪəs /

noun

1. Nestorius?451MSyrianRELIGION: clergyman died ?451 ad , Syrian churchman; patriarch of Constantinople (428–431); deposed for heresy by the Council of Ephesus

Example Sentences

Third cumenical council assembled at Ephesus, to execute the decree of pope Celestine as to the heresy of Nestorius.

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Marie leant over Nestorius until her dusky cheek almost touched Jocelyn's fair English one.

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Nestorius continued to sleep, and at last Marie, overcome by sleep herself, lay down on her bed.

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Nestorius looked from one to the other with gravely speculative eyes, which presently closed.

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Thus it came about that the dawn found Jocelyn moving softly in the room, with Nestorius asleep in her arms.

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