nayword

[Eng. nay, and word.] 1. A byword; a proverbial term of reproach. "Gull him into a nayword , and make him a common recreation."- Shakesp .: Twelfth Night , ii. 3. 2. A watchword. "And we have a nayword how to know one another." Shakesp .: Merry Wives of Windsor, v. 2. Năz-a-rê-an, s. [Heb.netser=a branch.] Church Hist.: A Jowish sect mentioned by Epiphanius ( Hær . xviii.). They aimed at a patriarchal religion in place of a Mosaic Judaism, and rejected the history of Genesis and the Mosaic Law. They were found in Gala adit is, Basan it is, and other parts beyond Jordan. ( Blunt .) Năz-a-rēne, s. [Gr. Nazarēnos = an inhabitant of Nazareth, from Gr. Nazaret ; Eng. suff. -ene .] 1. Scripture and Church History : (1) A native of Nazareth (Matt. ii. 23). (2) ( Pl .): A name applied reproachfully to the early Christians by the Jews (Acts xxiv. 5). [(1).] (3) ( Pl . ) : A heretical sect from among the Judaizing Christians of Hebrew descent, so frequently in conflict with St. Paul, which arose about the end of the first century, contemporaneously with the Ebionites and at first holding similar tenets. Je rome ( Ep . 79) says: "Desiring to be both Jews and Christians, they are neither the one nor the other." They made use of the Gospel to the Hebrews, observed the Mosaic ceremonial law, and to the last retained belief in the divinity of Christ, while the Ebionites ultimately rejected it. 2. Ornith.: Didus nazarenus , a species of Dodo, said to have existed in the island of Rodriguez, near Mauritius. Năz-ar-ite, s. [The word, which should have been Nazirite, is from Heb. nazir =separation, abstinence, consecration (?); or=crowned one (?).] Jewish Church : A man or woman set apart by a vow for the service of God, either for a definite pe riod or for life. The hair was allowed to grow, the 11), and John the Baptist (Luke i. 15) were Nazarites. From Amos (ii. 11, 12) it may be gathered that persons so dedicated to God had an organization like that of the prophets, and among the later Jews the vow was developed (1 Mac. iii, 49; Acts xviii. 18, xxi. 23, 24). [RECHABITE.] "To vowe a vowe of a Nazarite to separate [himselfe] unto the Lorde." - Numbers vi. 5. (Geneva Bible , 1561.) Năz-ar-ite-ship, s . [English Nazarite ; -ship .] The condition or state of a Nazarite. Năz-ar-It-ic, a . [Eng. Nazarit ( e ); -ic .] Of or pertaining to the Nazarites or Nazaritism. Năz'-ar-it-işm, s. [Eng. Nazarit ( e ); -ism .] The vows or practice of a Nazarite.