Nazarene

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people.
• Of or relating to the Church of the Nazarene.

Noun

• A person from Nazareth.
• A member of the Jewish sect of the Nazarenes.
• A member of the Church of the Nazarene.

Origin

• In the sense "person from Nazareth", from Ancient Greek Ναζαρηνός, an ethnonym of Ναζαρέθ. In the sense "a member of a certain sect", from Ancient Greek Ναζωραῖος, which may or may not be related. For a list of theories as to the further etymology of this word, please consult the Wikipedia article on ‘Nazarene’.