Nazarene
- noun
- /ˈnæzəˌrin/
- Literature
- I'm looking for Jesus, the Nazarene.
Examples
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Excellency, the Pharisees asked us to bring the Nazarene here.
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The Nazarene is known for his teachings and miracles throughout Galilee.
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They play out behind the Nazarene church.
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This is unit four, just passed the Nazarene Church on Highway 71.
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Jesus the Nazarene.
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She is a Nazarene.
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He was tall, straight, and bearded; and though he was a Nazarene, he had the face of a man of the open air, as though he were a shepherd or a worker in stone.
Fiction book (1997) -
For fifteen years, as high priest of the temple, I have dedicated my life to protecting and defending the law against false prophets like this Nazarene.
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In historical texts, the Nazarene often represents a figure of great significance in Christianity.
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During the festival, many gathered to honor the Nazarene as part of their religious traditions.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nazarene originally meant 'a person from Nazareth', from the Greek Nazarenos which meant 'from Nazareth'. So a Nazarene in historical use is simply someone born in or living in that town.