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Definition of: Nazarite
(naz′ə·rīt) noun
1. A Hebrew who had assumed certain vows, including total abstinence, leaving the hair uncut, and refraining from touching a dead body. Numbers vi.
2. Erroneously, a Nazarene. Also Naz′i·rite. [<Gk. Nażaritēs <Hebrew nāzar abstain]
—Naz′a·rit′ic (-rit′ik), Naz′i·rit′ic adjective
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