Ebionite
    adj 1: of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion
    n 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, Ebionite]

Ebionite \E"bi*o*nite\, n. [Heb. ebyon[imac]m poor people.]
   (Eccl. Hist.)
   One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the
   church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and
   Christianity. They denied the divinity of Christ, regarding
   him as an inspired messenger, and rejected much of the New
   Testament.
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