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Nazarene

/ˈnæzəɹiːn/

Nazarene adjective: of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people.

Adjective

Nazarene (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people.
  2. Of or relating to the Church of the Nazarene.
    • Holiness Today is a Nazarene magazine.

Noun

Nazarene (plural Nazarenes)

  1. A person from Nazareth.
    • While Jenin was starving under curfew, Nazarenes were only twenty minutes away, watching televised footage of their neighbours ‘in solidarity’.2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 61
  2. (historical) A member of the Jewish sect of the Nazarenes.
    • He was formerly with the sect of the Pharisees, but now he is a Nazarene.
  3. (Aramaic and Indian contexts) A Christian, a follower of Jesus.
  4. A member of the Church of the Nazarene.
    • I have been a Nazarene for several years; I joined the church in 1946.

Proper noun

Nazarene

  1. (usually) an epithet of Jesus Christ
    • I stand amazed in the presence / Of Jesus, the Nazarene, / And wonder how He could love me, / A sinner, condemend, unclean.1905, Charles H. Gabriel, “My Savior's Love”, in E.O. Excell, editor, Praises, Chicago: E.O. Excell

Nazarene meaning in Hindi, Malayalam, Tagalog and Thai

Nazarene in Hindi

of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people
नासरी nāsrī
person from Nazareth
नासरी nāsrī
epithet of Jesus Christ
नासरी nāsrī

Nazarene in Malayalam

epithet of Jesus Christ
നസ്രായൻ nasrāyaṉ

Nazarene in Tagalog

epithet of Jesus Christ
Nazareno

Nazarene in Thai

of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people
นาซารีน naa-saa-riin

Synonyms of Nazarene

Forms of Nazarene

Noun
pluralNazarenes
Proper noun
alternative formNatzrati
alternative formNatzri
alternative formNatzraya
alternative formNazaraean
alternative formNazareite
alternative formNazarite
alternative formNazorean

Origin of Nazarene

In the sense "person from Nazareth", from Ancient Greek Ναζαρηνός (Nazarēnós, “of Nazareth”), an ethnonym of Ναζαρέθ (Nazaréth). In the sense "a member of a certain sect", from Ancient Greek Ναζωραῖος (Nazōraîos), which may or may not be related. For a list of theories as to the further etymology of this word, see the Wikipedia article on ‘Nazarene’.

Words formed from Nazarene

Questions about Nazarene

What does Nazarene mean?
Nazarene means of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people.
What is Nazarene in Hindi?
Nazarene in Hindi is नासरी (nāsrī). See Nazarene meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Nazarene?
Nazarene can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Nazarene?
Nazarene is pronounced /ˈnæzəɹiːn/.

Words near Nazarene in the dictionary

  1. Nazareans
  2. Nazaree
  3. Nazarees
  4. Nazareite
  5. Nazareites
  6. Nazarene
  7. Nazarenes
  8. Nazarenism
  9. Nazareth
  10. Nazaretian
  11. Nazaretians

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