Nazarene
[,næzə'ri:n;'næzəri:n]
Definition
(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 .
Typed by Jerry--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Checked by Jerome
Definition
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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Examples
- The Nazarene girls are homely. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- At the same time the servant informed Isaac, that a Nazarene (so they termed Christians, while conversing among themselves) desired to speak with him. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- One Nazarene warrior might indeed bear arms in my behalf, even Wilfred, son of Cedric, whom the Gentiles call Ivanhoe. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He found the Nazarenes with a spirit and hope, and he left them Christians with the beginning of a creed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And it is clear that the faith of the Nazarenes, which he found as a doctrine of motive and a way of living, he made into a doctrine of _belief_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Checker: Steve