Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nazarene

3 senses of nazarene

Sense 1
Nazarene, Ebionite -- (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)
       => religious person -- (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)

Sense 2
Nazarene -- (an early name for any Christian)
       => Christian -- (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)

Sense 3
Nazarene -- (an inhabitant of Nazareth)
       => inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller -- (a person who inhabits a particular place)

Similarity of adj nazarene

2 senses of nazarene

Sense 1
Nazarene -- (of or relating to the Nazarenes or their religion)

Sense 2
Nazarene -- (of or relating to the town of Nazareth or its inhabitants)