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EBIONITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ebionite mean? 

EBIONITE (noun)
  The noun EBIONITE has 1 sense:

1. 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 Romeplay

  Familiarity information: EBIONITE used as a noun is very rare.


EBIONITE (adjective)
  The adjective EBIONITE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the Ebionites or their religionplay

  Familiarity information: EBIONITE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EBIONITE (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ebionite; Nazarene

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

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


EBIONITE (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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