nestorianism
/nɛstˈɔɹiənˌɪzəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The Christological doctrine ascribed to Nestorius, condemned as heretical by the Council of Ephesus but later also ascribed to the Church of the East, holding that within Christ there are two distinct hypostases, divine and human.
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
Etymology tree English Nestorian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Nestorianism From Nestorian + -ism.