Definitions for Nazirite

Nazirite Naz·i·rite

Spelling: [naz-uh-rahyt]
IPA: /ˈnæz əˌraɪt/

Nazirite is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 206 anagrams from letters in Nazirite (aeiinrtz).

Definitions for Nazirite

noun

  1. Nazarite.
  2. (among the ancient Hebrews) a person who had taken certain strict religious vows, usually for a limited period.
  3. Rare. a Nazarene.
  4. Rare. Christ.
  5. Obsolete. a Christian.

Origin of Nazirite

1550-60; Late Latin Nāzar(aeus) (Greek Nāzēraîos, equivalent to nāzēr (Hebrew nāzīr consecrated person) + -aios suffix) + -ite1

Examples for Nazirite

The abstainer, like the Nazirite, is his own witness, his own judge.

The Nazirite could not escape from obligation as he had entered upon it, without priestly intervention and mediation.

Against this tendency the Nazirite order and tradition was a protest.

The modern pledge of abstinence bears in various points resemblance to the Nazirite vow.

On the other hand, the pledge of the total abstainer, like the vow of the Nazirite, carries with it a certain moral danger.

What availed Samson's fidelity to the Nazirite vow when by another gate he let in the foe?

The case of the Nazirite is peculiarly instructive, for the point to be considered is seen here entirely free from complications.

The Nazirite going back to ordinary life was regarded in more senses than one as a sinner.

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