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They are two different ways of saying the same thing. In the modern world, it would be like referring to "the Queen of Britain" vs. "the British Queen." Nazareth was a city, or an inhabitant of the city of Nazareth. Nazarene was a sect of people who sacraficed something in submission to God. There were Nazarenes for life, such as Samson, and Nazarenes for days. There is speculation as to whether John the Baptist and Jesus were Nazarenes for life, or for days. Nazarenes could be set aside by their own vows, or could be set aside from birth by their parents. Common to Nazarenes was abstinence from wine, strong drink, or anything of the vine, and not cutting the hair of their head.

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