Advertisement

Ebionite

mid-15c., sect (1c.-2c.) that held Jesus was a mere man and Christians continued bound by Mosaic Law, from Latin ebonita, from Hebrew ebyon "the poor." The reason it was so called is uncertain. Related: Ebionism; Ebionitic.

Others are reading

Advertisement
Definitions of Ebionite from WordNet
1
Ebionite (n.)
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
2
Ebionite (adj.)
of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion;
From wordnet.princeton.edu