Nazarenes

'Nazarenes'

[nazarene.n.01] as in: 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.

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Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome

'Nazarenes'

[nazarene.n.02] as in: an early name for any Christian

'Nazarenes'

[nazarene.n.03] as in: an inhabitant of Nazareth