Ebionite

Other forms: Ebionites

Definitions of Ebionite

1. noun

   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
   synonyms: Nazarene

   type of:

   religious person

   a person who manifests devotion to a deity
2. adjective

   of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion