Naz·a·rene (năz'ə-rēn', năz'ə-rēn')
n.

1. 1. A native or inhabitant of Nazareth.
   2. 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.

[Middle English, from Late Latin Nazarēnus, from Greek Nazarēnos, from Nazaret, Nazareth.]

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