NAZARENE


Meaning of NAZARENE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌna-zə-ˈrēn ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English Nazaren, from Late Latin Nazarenus, from Greek Nazarēnos, from Nazareth Nazareth, Palestine

Date: 13th century

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

• Nazarene adjective

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