A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.
One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies.
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 St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome
an early name for any Christian
an inhabitant of Nazareth
of or relating to the town of Nazareth or its inhabitants
a Jewish person who has taken upon himself certain vows which Jesus never took
a native of the city of Nazereth
in the New Testament a designation for Jesus of Nazareth, after the ancestral home of his parents. [ From the Golden Chalice - Barrabas
The Nazarenes (Hebrew: Netzarim, × ×¦×¨×™×) were a group of early followers of Jesus of Nazareth who, like the Ebionites, were noteworthy for refusing to follow Christianity in its complete break with Judaism. The sect may have been started by James the Just, the brother of Jesus.