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Ebionite

Ebionite noun: a member of an early Jewish Christian sect that lived in and around Judea and Palestine from the 1st to the 4th century.

Noun

Ebionite (plural Ebionites)

  1. (historical) A member of an early Jewish Christian sect that lived in and around Judea and Palestine from the 1st to the 4th century.
    • And if the pious bishop and martyr, St. Irenaeus, happen to drop any thing pointed against the Doctor's progenitors, the ancient Ebionites, of heretical memory, he gently passes it over as though no such passages occurred in that learned and venerable Father's writings.1798, David Simpson, An Apology for the Doctrine of the Trinity, page 504
    • EBION, the author of the heresy of the Ebionites, was a disciple of Cerinthus and his successor.1829, London Encyclopaedia

Forms of Ebionite

pluralEbionites

Origin of Ebionite

From Ancient Greek Ἐβιωναῖοι (Ebiōnaîoi), from Hebrew אביונים (Ebyonim, “the Poor Ones”), plural of Hebrew אֶבְיוֹן (ʾeḇyōn, “needy, poor”), itself likely a borrowing from Coptic ⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ (ebiēn, “poor”).

Words formed from Ebionite

Questions about Ebionite

What does Ebionite mean?
Ebionite means a member of an early Jewish Christian sect that lived in and around Judea and Palestine from the 1st to the 4th century.
What part of speech is Ebionite?
Ebionite is a noun.
What is the plural of Ebionite?
The plural of Ebionite is Ebionites.

Words near Ebionite in the dictionary

  1. Ebionise
  2. Ebionised
  3. Ebionises
  4. Ebionising
  5. Ebionism
  6. Ebionite
  7. Ebionites
  8. Ebionitic
  9. Ebionitism
  10. Ebionitisms
  11. Ebionize

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