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Nazarene

[ naz-uh-reen, naz-uh-reen ]

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Nazareth.
  2. a member of a sect of early Jewish converts to Christianity who retained the Mosaic ritual.
  3. the Nazarene, Jesus Christ.


adjective

  1. of or relating to Nazareth or the Nazarenes.

Nazarene

/ ˈnæz-; ˌnæzəˈriːn /

noun

  1. an early name for a Christian (Acts 24:5) or (when preceded by the ) for Jesus Christ
  2. a member of one of several groups of Jewish-Christians found principally in Syria
  3. a member of an association of German artists called the Nazarenes or Brotherhood of St Luke, including Friedrich Overbeck (1789–1869) and Peter von Cornelius (1783–1867), founded (1809) in Vienna to revive German religious art after the examples of the Middle Ages and early Renaissance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to Nazareth or the Nazarenes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Nazarene1

1225–75; Middle English < Late Latin ŧԳܲ < Greek ŧó, equivalent to Nazar ( é ) Nazareth + -ŧԴDz suffix of origin
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The destruction of the church was confirmed on Facebook by the Nazarene Compassionate Ministries.

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Students at the school were being taken to the nearby Oroville Church of the Nazarene, where they were set to be reunited with their parents.

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So, in a way, “Nazarene” is the whole movie — and the whole Jeymes Samuel — in a nutshell.

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And greatest is Rostam—a warhorse to Neptune, a pallbearer of the Nazarene.

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As a requirement of the job, Porterfield, who belonged to Nazarene and Assembly of God churches in the past, became a Free Methodist.

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