Nazarene

[,næzə'ri:n;'næzəri:n]

解释:

(noun.) an inhabitant of Nazareth.

(noun.) an early name for any Christian.

(noun.) a member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome.

(adj.) of or relating to the town of Nazareth or its inhabitants .

(adj.) of or relating to the Nazarenes or their religion .

杰里手打--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.

(n.) One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies.

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解释:

n. an inhabitant of Nazareth in Galilee: a follower of Jesus of Nazareth originally used of Christians in contempt: one belonging to the early Christian sect of the Nazarenes which existed from the 1st to the 4th cent. A.D.—Also Nazarē′an.

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