Nazarene.
Of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people.
Meaning & usage
Of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people.
Of or relating to the Church of the Nazarene.
Holiness Today is a Nazarene magazine.
Where this word comes from
In the sense "person from Nazareth", from Ancient Greek Ναζαρηνός (Nazarēnós, “of Nazareth”), an ethnonym of Ναζαρέθ (Nazaréth). In the sense "a member of a certain sect", from Ancient Greek Ναζωραῖος (Nazōraîos), which may or may not be related. For a list of theories as to the further etymology of this word, see the Wikipedia article on ‘Nazarene’.
A person from Nazareth.
A member of the Jewish sect of the Nazarenes.
He was formerly with the sect of the Pharisees, but now he is a Nazarene.
A Christian, a follower of Jesus.
A member of the Church of the Nazarene.
I have been a Nazarene for several years; I joined the church in 1946.
Where this word comes from
In the sense "person from Nazareth", from Ancient Greek Ναζαρηνός (Nazarēnós, “of Nazareth”), an ethnonym of Ναζαρέθ (Nazaréth). In the sense "a member of a certain sect", from Ancient Greek Ναζωραῖος (Nazōraîos), which may or may not be related. For a list of theories as to the further etymology of this word, see the Wikipedia article on ‘Nazarene’.
an epithet of Jesus Christ
Where this word comes from
In the sense "person from Nazareth", from Ancient Greek Ναζαρηνός (Nazarēnós, “of Nazareth”), an ethnonym of Ναζαρέθ (Nazaréth). In the sense "a member of a certain sect", from Ancient Greek Ναζωραῖος (Nazōraîos), which may or may not be related. For a list of theories as to the further etymology of this word, see the Wikipedia article on ‘Nazarene’.
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