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noun
A member of an early Jewish Christian sect that lived in and around Judea and Palestine from the 1st to the 4th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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adjective
of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Nazarene
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Broader terms: religious person
History
From Ancient Greek Ἐβιωναῖοι (Ebiōnaîoi), from Hebrew אביונים (Ebyonim, “the Poor Ones”), plural of Hebrew אֶבְיוֹן (ʾeḇyōn, “needy, poor”), itself likely a borrowing from Coptic ⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ (ebiēn, “poor”).
