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Nazarene , term used of the early Christians. Jesus was sometimes referred to as a Nazarene, alluding to his home town, Nazareth. This usage occurs several times in the New Testament. Nazarene is also used of Christians in the Qur'an.

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Nazarene (or Nasorean).
1. In the NT Christ is called ‘Jesus the Nazarene’; this is usually understood as meaning ‘from Nazareth’.

2. The ‘Nazarenes’ was a Jewish term for the Christians.

3. ‘Nazarenes’ occurs as a name used by 4th-cent. writers of groups of Christians of Jewish race in Syria, who continued to obey much of the Jewish Law.

4. The Mandaeans are sometimes called ‘Nasoreans’.

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