Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ebionite \E"bi*o*nite\, n. [Heb. ebyon[=i]m poor people.] (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.
Source : WordNet®
Ebionite
adj : of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion
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 St.
Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate
Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the
Church of Rome [syn: {Nazarene}]