Talk:Nazarene

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Adjective

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  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Nazara, the Nazarene community or the Nazarene dialect.

Proper noun

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  1. A person from Nazar or of Nazarene descent.

Nazarene

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Supposed to be "a person from Nazar". I think it is 1) someone from Nazareth 2) Jesus Christ 3) An American version of "Methodist". Greek etymology should, I think, be more like "Nararenos". Anyone know for sure? SemperBlotto¦Talk 22:19, 22 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

Dictionary.com has this to say:

n.

1.
a. A native or inhabitant of Nazareth.
b. Jesus.
2. A member of a sect of early Christians of Jewish origin who retained many of the prescribed Jewish observances.
3. A member of an American Protestant denomination, the Church of the Nazarene, that follows many of the doctrines of early Methodism.


adj.

Of or relating to Nazareth or its inhabitants.

Citizen Premier 22:15, 23 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

I rewrote most of the article, adding the 'Nazareth' and 'Jesus' senses in. (I don't know whether 'Nazar' / 'Nazara' are meant to be the same place, or something different, e.g. Nazar; so I left them as they were but with rfv-sense). I will see further what I can look up on it. —Muke Tever 09:42, 1 November 2005 (UTC)Reply