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▪ I. Nazarite1|ˈnæzəraɪt|
Also 6 -ete.
[f. L. Nazar-æus (see Nazarean) + -ite1.]
1. A native or inhabitant of Nazareth.
1535Coverdale Matt. ii. 23 He shalbe called a Nazarite.
1596Shakes. Merch. V. i. iii. 35 The habitation which your Prophet the Nazarite coniured the diuell into. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. Matt. ii. 23 The Jews called Christ a Nazarite, from that place of his dwelling. 1903H. Black Work i. 10 The Jews sneered at the Nazarite and the Nazarites sneered at the Carpenter.
†b. = Nazarene n. 1 b. Obs. rare.
1535Coverdale Acts xxiv. 5 A maynteyner of the secte of the Nazaretes. 1656Blount Glossogr. s.v., The Disciples were first called Nazarites..from Jesus of Nazareth.
†2. = Nazarene n. 2. Obs. rare—0.
1661Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Nazarite,..also certain Heretics so called.
3. = Nazarene n. 4.
1880J. B. Atkinson Schools of Mod. Art in Germany ii. 11 Enemies in the opposite camp nicknamed the new saints ‘Nazarites’ and ‘Pre-Raphaelites’. 1882J. B. Atkinson Overbeck iii. 74 The type is ascetic and æsthetic after the pre-Raphaelite pattern affected by the Nazarites.
▪ II. Nazarite2|ˈnæzəraɪt|
Also 9 nazirite.
[f. L. Nazar-æus (cf. prec.), repr. Hebr. nāzīr, f. nāzar to separate or consecrate oneself, to refrain from anything.]
The name given among the Hebrews to one who had taken certain vows of abstinence (see Numbers vi.).
In the Wyclif Bible the earlier version uses the form Nazare, the later Nazarei or -ey. Coverdale has Nazaree in Judges xiii. 5, 7.
1560Bible (Genev.) Num. vi. 2 When a man or woman doeth separate them selues to vowe a vowe of a Nazarite. c1585R. Browne Answ. Cartwright 64 To drinke wine..was a pollution both of the Nazarites and Priestes. 1671Milton Samson 1386 Nothing to do..that may dishonour Our Law, or stain my vow of Nazarite. 1706A. Bedford Temple Mus. iv. 78 Samuel was..a Nazarite (which consisted only in a Vow of Abstinence). 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XII. 781/2 The priest or some other shaved the head of the Nazarite at the door of the tabernacle. 1831E. Burton Eccl. Hist. viii. 248 There were always persons in Jerusalem..who took upon them the vow of a Nazarite. 1882Farrar Early Chr. I. 520 There are traces in Scripture that the Nazarites were regarded with peculiar pride.
attrib.1593Nashe Christ's T. 23 With Nazarite-tresses, to my Crosse will I bind her crossing frowardness and contaminations. 18..Bible Helps (Bagster) 88/2 Various interpretations have been given of the Nazarite vow.
Hence ˈNazariteship; Nazaˈritic a.; ˈNazaritish a.; ˈNazaritism.
1611Bible Num. vi. 4 All the days of his separation [marg. *Nazariteship] shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine. 1650Trapp Comm. Num. vi. 14 He must come with his sin-offering..before he could be released of his Nazarite-ship. 1738Cruden Concord. s.v. Nazarite, When the time of their Nazaritship was accomplished. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XII. 781/2 They began again the whole ceremony of their consecration and Nazariteship.
1864Webster, *Nazaritic, pertaining to a Nazarite, or to Nazarites. 1874H. R. Reynolds John Baptist iii. §2. 161 Those who had put themselves for different periods under the Nazaritic vow.
1675Brooks Gold. Key Wks. 1867 V. 295 God's departing from him when he lost his *Nazaritish hair by Delilah. 1854J. Bruce Biog. Samson i. 15 The Nazaritish vow had preceded the birth of both.
1692J. Edwards Inq. Remark. Texts N.T. 47 The law of *Nazaritism concerning long and uncut hair. c1762D. Jennings Jewish Antiq. (1808) I. 422 The institution of Nazaritism was no doubt partly religious. 1882Farrar Early Chr. I. 520 The Nazaritism of St. James is a circumstance of great moment in the explanation of his life and character. |