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Outside this elite circle, however, Zoroastrianism had long been declining in popularity, while other religious traditions, including Nestorian Christianity and Manichaeism, grew.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The Nestorian Christians had come primarily from Syria and Persia.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Hopkirk writes that it was supposedly Nestorian monks who smuggled silkworm eggs out of China in their staffs.

From New York Times • May 11, 2020

At the same time, he said, any government has to take religious minorities — whether Nestorian Christians, Protestants or Jews — into account.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2010

The Nestorian experience of Mr Gladstone testifies it to have been not less noticeable among Tories than among Whigs.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)