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

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  1. n. A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.
  2. n. One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies.
  3. adj. of or relating to the Nazarenes or their religion
  4. adj. of or relating to the town of Nazareth or its inhabitants
  5. n. 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
  6. n. an early name for any Christian
  7. n. an inhabitant of Nazareth
  8. 1. A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies.
  9. One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and secondcenturies, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certainheresies.
  10. n:100 n. 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 n. an early name for any Christian n. an inhabitant of Nazareth