[Naz.a.rene] n [ME Nazaren, fr. LL Nazarenus, fr. Gk Nazarenos, fr. Nazareth Nazareth, Palestine] (13c) 1: a native or resident of Nazareth
2. a: christian 1a b: a member of the Church of the Nazarene that is a Protestant denomination deriving from the merging of three holiness groups, stressing sanctification, and following Methodist polity