1. (noun) 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

• ebionite

1. (noun) 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

2. (noun) an early name for any Christian

• christian

3. (noun) an inhabitant of Nazareth

• denizen
• dweller
• habitant
• indweller
• inhabitant

1. (adjective) of or relating to the Nazarenes or their religion

• ebionite

2. (adjective) of or relating to the town of Nazareth or its inhabitants

• nazareth