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... Thomas the Nestorian had been in many lands and in the midst of many dangers, but he had never before found himself in quite so unpleasant a position as now. Six ugly Tartar horsemen with very uncomfortable-looking spears and appalling shouts, and mounted on their swift Kirghiz ponies, were charging ...

— Historic Girls • E. S. Brooks

... many weapons strong enough to wound and demolish the Nestorian view, let us for the moment be content with this small selection from the store of ...

— The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy • Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

... Etilia: whose Court seemed vnto vs to be very great. For he himselfe had sixe wiues, and his eldest sonne also had three wiues: euery one of which women hath a great house, and they haue ech one of them about 200. cartes. [Sidenote: Coiat the historian.] Our guide went vnto a certaine Nestorian named Coiat, who is a man of great authoritie in Sartachs Court. He made vs to goe very farre vnto the Lordes gate. For so they call him, who hath the office of enterteining Ambassadours. In the euening Coiac commanded vs to come vnto him. Then our guide began to enquire what we would present him ...

— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries - Vol. II • Richard Hakluyt

Words linked to "Nestorian" : follower, Nestorian Church, Nestorius