Nazarene
See also: nazarene
English edit
Etymology edit
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’.
Adjective edit
Nazarene (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people.
- Of or relating to the Church of the Nazarene.
- Holiness Today is a Nazarene magazine.
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of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people
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Noun edit
Nazarene (plural Nazarenes)
- A person from Nazareth.
- 2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 61:
- While Jenin was starving under curfew, Nazarenes were only twenty minutes away, watching televised footage of their neighbours ‘in solidarity’.
- (historical) A member of the Jewish sect of the Nazarenes.
- A member of the Church of the Nazarene.
- I have been a Nazarene for several years; I joined the church in 1946.
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person from Nazareth
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member of the Church of the Nazarene
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Proper noun edit
Nazarene
- (usually as “the Nazarene”) an epithet of Jesus Christ
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epithet of Jesus Christ
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