ebionite
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Ebionite
1640s, sect (1c.-2c.) that held Jesus was a mere man and Christians were still bound by Mosaic Law, from L. ebonita, from Heb. ebyon "poor."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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| ebionite | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion |
noun | |
| 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] |
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