nestorian

adj

1. (derogatory, sometimes)Relating to teachings or to the followers of Nestorius.

   “A Nestorian stele, dated 781AD, was discovered in 1625 near Chang'an.”

   “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.”

noun

1. (derogatory, sometimes)A perceived follower of Nestorius in the fourth and fifth centuries. A member of a Nestorian church.

   “After his return he bitterly complained of being called a Nestorian by the Monophysite Philoxenus, declaring that he "knew nothing" of Nestorius.”