Nazarene

Meanings

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

1. A person from Nazareth.
2. A member of the Jewish sect of the Nazarenes.
3. A Christian, a follower of Jesus.
4. A member of the Church of the Nazarene.

1. an epithet of Jesus Christ

Etymology

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’.