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EBIONITE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome

Synonyms:

Ebionite; Nazarene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Ebionite" is a kind of...):

religious person (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Ebionite (a member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome)

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