The Collaborative International Dictionary
Preraphaelite \Pre*raph"a*el*ite\, n.
One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates preraphaelitism.
Popularly, any modern artist thought to be a would-be restorer of early ideas or methods, as one of the German painters often called Nazarenes, or one who paints and draws with extreme minuteness of detail.
Usage examples of "nazarenes".
The former by some are considered the Nazarenes the atter the Ebionites - G and M.
Men and citizens, know this man for the most bitter of the Nazarenes, if that or Christians be their proper name!
I doubt whether these Nazarenes, had they the state religion, would be as tolerant to us, supposing we had kicked down the image of their Deity, blasphemed their rites, and denied their faith.
On the contrary, it was the Nazarenes who ruled the Inland Sea, with their tame dragons which burned the very sea with fire.
The Roman Emperor has turned away from our borders, having found his foolish relic of the Nazarenes, or so I hear.
My father, if a strong man can be found to do battle for my cause with sword and spear, according to the custom of the Nazarenes, and that within the lists of Templestowe, on the third day from this time, peradventure our father's God will give him strength to defend the innocent, and her who hath none to help her.
The Nazarenes went to their houses--among them Rabbi Joseph and his apprentice.
Once a little band of robbers, riding across the valley to the land of Moab, turned from a distance toward the Nazarenes, circled swiftly around them like hawks, whistling and calling shrilly to one another.