an early name for a Christian (Acts 24:5) or (when preceded by the) for Jesus Christ
2.
a member of one of several groups of Jewish-Christians found principally in Syria
3.
a member of an association of German artists called the Nazarenes or Brotherhood of St Luke, including Friedrich Overbeck (1789–1869) and Peter von Cornelius (1783–1867), founded (1809) in Vienna to revive German religious art after the examples of the Middle Ages and early Renaissance
adjective
4.
of or relating to Nazareth or the Nazarenes
Nazarene in American English
(ˌnæzəˈrin; ˈnæzəˌrin)
adjective
1.
of Nazareth or its people or culture
noun
2.
a person born or living in Nazareth
3.
a member of an early sect of Christians of Jewish origin who continued to observe much of the Mosaic law
4. US
a member of the Church of the Nazarene, a Protestant sect
5. Obsolete
a Christian
term formerly used by Muslims, Jews, etc.
Idioms:
the Nazarene
Word origin
ME Nazaren < LL(Ec) Nazarenus < Gr(Ec) Nazarēnos, the Nazarene
Examples of 'Nazarene' in a sentence
Nazarene
By the time I got there they'd already fastened the Nazarene down and were hoisting his cross vertical.
various & introduction by Deirdre Chapman A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
A lot of them were marked, or born wrong, or crooked, or scabious, looking for help from the Nazarene, for some panacea.
various & introduction by Deirdre Chapman A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990