Nazirite

American  

[naz-uh-rahyt] / ˈnæz əˌraɪt /

noun

1. Nazarite.

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Example Sentences

Rastafarians like Ma Taffy and her family make a vow, drawing on the Nazirite tradition of the Hebrew Bible, never to let a “blade” touch their heads.

From The New Yorker

Mr. Turner, who lives with his father and brother on East 66th Street, wears his hair in two large, clumped dreadlocks, part of a Nazirite type of Jewish mystical vow.

From New York Times

I don’t like to confuse people with the Jamaican chapter, aspect, of my life,” he says, then adds impenetrably: “It almost always confuses my Nazirite vow and locks with a Jamaican cult that is built upon usurping my ancient roots.”

From Slate

Against this tendency the Nazirite order and tradition was a protest.

From Project Gutenberg

And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, "There hath not come a razor upon mine head: for I have been a Nazirite unto God from my birth: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

From Project Gutenberg