Brewer's: Nazarite

(3 syl.). One separated or set apart to the Lord by a vow. These Nazarites were to refrain from strong drinks, and to suffer their hair to grow. (Hebrew, nazar, to separate. Numb. vi. 1-21.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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