-ˌnīt noun
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin ebionita, from Hebrew ebyōn poor + Latin -ita -ite
: one of a Judaistic Christian Gnostic sect of the 2d century A.D. that observed the Jewish law in part, rejected St. Paul, accepted only the Gospel of Matthew, and held an adoptionist Christology
• ebi·o·nit·ic ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|nid.ik adjective , usually capitalized