Ebionite (adj.)

  1. of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion

    [ Syn: ebionite ]

    Ebionite (n.)

  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 Rome

    [ Syn: nazarene , ebionite ]

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