ebionite Meaning, Definition & Usage

  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
    Nazarene.
  2. adjective of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion

WordNet

E"bi*o*nite noun
Etymology
Heb. ebyonim poor people.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913