Judaizer

English

Etymology

From Judaize +‎ -er.

Noun

Judaizer (plural Judaizers)

1. Someone who Judaizes.
2. (archaic) One who conforms to or inculcates Judaism.
3. (historical) One of the Jews who accepted Christianity but still adhered to the law of Moses and worshipped in the temple at Jerusalem.

Related terms

• Judah
• Judahite
• Judaic
• Judaism
• Judaization
• Judaize
• Judaizing (gerund or present participle)

Translations

Judaizer (in its multiple senses)

• French: judaïsant (fr) m, judaïsante (fr) f
• German: Judaisierer m, Judaisiererin f

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Judaizer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Further reading

• OED