- a variation of Nazarite.
Nazirite
Americannoun
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A good example of this was Abraham Ibn Chisdai's "Prince and Nazirite," compiled in the beginning of the thirteenth century.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel
This is the meaning of the institution of the Nazirite; and the offering he must bring after the expiration of his period is to atone for the sin of returning to a life of indulgence.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac
These fables, like those contained in the "Prince and Nazirite," were Indian, and were in fact birth-stories of Buddha.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel
No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb.
From The World English Bible (WEB): Judges by Anonymous
Against this tendency the Nazirite order and tradition was a protest.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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