NAZARENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nazarene mean? 

• NAZARENE (noun)
  The noun NAZARENE has 3 senses:

1. 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

2. an early name for any Christian

3. an inhabitant of Nazareth

  Familiarity information: NAZARENE used as a noun is uncommon.

• NAZARENE (adjective)
  The adjective NAZARENE has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to the Nazarenes or their religion

2. of or relating to the town of Nazareth or its inhabitants

  Familiarity information: NAZARENE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAZARENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ebionite; Nazarene

Hypernyms ("Nazarene" is a kind of...):

religious person (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An early name for any Christian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Nazarene" is a kind of...):

Christian (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An inhabitant of Nazareth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Nazarene" is a kind of...):

denizen; dweller; habitant; indweller; inhabitant (a person who inhabits a particular place)

• NAZARENE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Nazarenes or their religion

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Nazarene (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the town of Nazareth or its inhabitants

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Nazarene (an inhabitant of Nazareth)

Nazareth (a historic town in northern Israel that is mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Joseph and Mary)