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Definition of Nazarene

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the Nazarenes or their religion.

2. 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.

3. Adjective. Of or relating to the town of Nazareth or its inhabitants.

4. Noun. An early name for any Christian.

5. Noun. An inhabitant of Nazareth.

Definition of Nazarene

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

Definition of Nazarene

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the Church of the Nazarene. ¹

3. Noun. A person from Nazareth. ????????? ¹

4. Noun. ''(???' ??????)'' Jesus Christ. Usually with 'the'. ¹

5. Noun. Members of the Church of the Nazarene. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nazarene

Navid Navier-Stokes equation Navratilova Navy Cross Navy Department Navy SEAL Navy Secretary Nawabganj District Nawin Nawlins

Naxcivan Naxos Nay Pyi Taw Nayarit Naypyidaw Nazarene (current term) Nazarenes Nazareth Nazarite Nazarites

Nazariteship Nazaritic Nazaritism Naze Nazi Nazi Germany Nazi Party Nazidom Nazification Nazified

Literary usage of Nazarene

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Selected Bibliography and Syllabus of the History of the South, 1584-1876 by Howard Haines Brinton, Roderick Langmere Haig-Brown, Alexander von Humboldt, John Nicol Farquhar, William Kenneth Boyd, John Washington Lockhart, Robert Reid, José López de Bustamante, Robert Preston Brooks, Jonnie (Lockhart) Wallis, Evergreen Press, F (1915)
"THE Nazarene NEW CHURCH This short-lived organization sprang from the Ahmadiya movement, but was so different in its teaching that it must be kept distinct. ..."

2. Poet Lore (1907)
"First Nazarene. It was not concerning Caesar that the prophet spake these words, sire. ... First Nazarene. He hath come, and everywhere he worketh miracles! ..."

3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1905)
"MEANING OF THE EPITHET NAZOREAN (Nazarene).1 i. (Read before the Section of New Testament, Congress of Arts and Science, St. Louis, September 23, 1904. ..."

4. The Life and Work of St. Paul by Frederic William Farrar (1902)
"SAUL was now a "Nazarene," but many a year of thought and training had to elapse before he was prepared for the great mission of his life. ..."

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