Talk:Nazarene

Adjective

 * Of, from, or pertaining to Nazara, the Nazarene community or the Nazarene dialect.

Proper noun

 * 1) A person from Nazar or of Nazarene descent.

Nazarene
Supposed to be "a person from Nazar". I think it is 1) someone from Nazareth 2) Jesus Christ 3) An American version of "Methodist". Greek etymology should, I think, be more like "Nararenos". Anyone know for sure? SemperBlotto¦Talk 22:19, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Dictionary.com has this to say:

n.
 * 1.
 * a. A native or inhabitant of Nazareth.
 * b. Jesus.
 * 2. A member of a sect of early Christians of Jewish origin who retained many of the prescribed Jewish observances.
 * 3. A member of an American Protestant denomination, the Church of the Nazarene, that follows many of the doctrines of early Methodism.

adj.


 * Of or relating to Nazareth or its inhabitants.

Citizen Premier 22:15, 23 October 2005 (UTC)


 * I rewrote most of the article, adding the 'Nazareth' and 'Jesus' senses in. (I don't know whether 'Nazar' / 'Nazara' are meant to be the same place, or something different, e.g. Nazar; so I left them as they were but with rfv-sense).  I will see further what I can look up on it.  —Muke Tever 09:42, 1 November 2005 (UTC)