nazarenes Definition

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

an early name for any Christian

an inhabitant of Nazareth

of or relating to the Nazarenes or their religion

of or relating to the town of Nazareth or its inhabitants