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| nestor | (n) (Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy |
| nestor | (n) a genus of Psittacidae, Syn. genus Nestor |
| nestorian | (n) a follower of Nestorius |
| nestorian | (adj) relating to Nestorius or Nestorianism |
| nestorian church | (n) a Christian Church in the Middle East that followed Nestorianism; there is still a small Nestorian Church in Iraq |
| nestorianism | (n) the theological doctrine (named after Nestorius) that Christ is both the son of God and the man Jesus (which is opposed to Roman Catholic doctrine that Christ is fully God) |
| nestorius | (n) 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) |
| Nestor | prop. n. (Zool.) A genus of parrots with gray heads, of New Zealand and Papua, allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Nestorian | prop. n. (Eccl. Hist.) An adherent of |
| Nestorian | a. |
| Nestorianism | n. The doctrines of the Nestorian Christians, or of Nestorius. [ 1913 Webster ] |