NAZARETH 



unless the writer in some way 

 identities Nazarcne with Nazarite 

 (/. Judges xiii, ;"i, " the i-liild shall 

 be a Nay.ivritc, and shall In 

 save Israel " ). In any case, in Matt, 

 tin- primary inclining of 

 IK is taken to be "a 

 dweller in Nazareth," and Jesus is 

 'M.II so described (Mark i, 24; 

 Luke \\iii, :t7 ;.lolm \ix,19; Actsiii, 

 6, etc.). Nazareth being a small 

 place, the term Nazarene was 

 -I'inctimes, though not always, 

 used in scorn. At Antioch the first 

 riiristians were called Nazarenes, 

 and they continued to be so called 

 by the Jews (Acts xi, 26). In Acts 

 xxiv, 5, S. Paul is called " a ring- 

 leader of the sect of the Nazarenes." 



Nazareth. Town in Galilee, 

 situated on the slope of a hill half- 

 way between the Lake of Galilee 



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Nazrana OR NAZAR. Term com- 

 monly used in India for a cere- 

 monial present, especially one 

 _ * . 1 1 1 1 y an inferior to a superior. 

 The word properly means a vow 

 or votive offering, and the root 

 may be seen in the name of the 

 Hebrew devotees, the Nazaritcs. 

 Other forms of the word are nuz- 

 zerand and nuzzer. 



N.B. Abbreviation for Lat. 

 nutit bene, mark well ; North 

 Britain ; New Brunswick. 



N.C.O. Abbreviation for non- 

 commissioned officer. 



Neagh. Lough or lake of Ire- 

 land. In the prov. of Ulster, it is 

 bordered by the counties of Antrim, 

 Londonderry, Tyrone, Armagh, 

 and Down. It is the most extensive 

 sheet of fresh water in the United 

 Kingdom, and measures 18 in. in 



Nazareth. General view of the town in Galilee from the hills to the north-west 



and the sea. Now known as En- 

 Nasira, it is famed as the early 

 home of Christ, and the surrounding 

 district is remarkable for its fer- 

 tility. Nazareth was occupied by 

 the British, Sept. 20, 1918. Pop. 

 10,000. See Palestine, Conquest of. 



Nazarites OR NAZIRITES. Word 

 meaning separated, and applied 

 to certain Jews. These devoted 

 themselves to the service of God, 

 abstained from wine and all pro- 

 ducts of the grape, allowed their 

 hair to grow long, and avoided 

 contact with dead bodies. Samson 

 and John the Baptist were con- 

 secrated Nazarites from their 

 birth ; but as a rule the vow was 

 only temporary, usually taken for 

 a month, at the termination of 

 which period certain sacrifices 

 were offered, and the head was 

 ceremonially shaved. The Law of 

 Moses prescribed certain regu- 

 lations concerning it (Num. 6). 



Naze, TOE. Headland on the E. 

 coast of Essex, England, 5 m. S. 

 of Harwich. 



length and 10 m. in breadth ; its 

 greatest depth is 102 ft. Numerous 

 rivers feed the lake, the largest of 

 which are the Blackwater and the 

 Upper Bann, while the Lower Bann 

 discharges its surplus waters into 

 the Atlantic Ocean. There is canal 

 communication between the lough 

 and Belfast, Newry, and Lough 

 Erne. Pron. Nay. 



Neale, EDWARD VANSITTART 

 (1810-92). British cooperator. 

 Born at Bath, April 2, 1810, he 

 graduated at 

 Oriel College. 

 Oxford, in 

 1827, and was 

 called to the 

 bar in 1837. In 

 1850 he joined 

 the Society for 

 Promoting 

 Working Men's 

 E. V. Neale, Associations, 

 British cooperator an( j U8e( j nig 



wealth in opening the first co- 

 operative store in London. In 1851 

 he founded the Central Coopera- 



John Mason Neale, 

 Anglican divine 



NEANDER 



tive Agency, precursor of the 

 Cooperative Wholesale Society, 

 which failed after a few months. 

 He organized cooperative societies 

 in other part* of the kingdom, and 

 in 1869 promoted the annual co- 

 operative congress, of which he be- 

 came secretary, 1875-91, visiting 

 America in the former year. He 

 joined the Christian Social Union 

 shortly before his death, Sept. 16, 

 1892. See Cooperation. 



Neale, JOHN MASON (1818-66). 

 Anglican divine and poet. He was 

 born in London, Jan. 24, 1818, 

 studied at 

 Trinitv College, 

 Cambridge, 

 was ordained 

 in 1841, and 

 in 1846 became 

 Warden of 

 Sackville Col- 

 lege, an alms- 

 house at East 

 Grinstead, 

 where he re- 

 mained until his death. He was the 

 founder of the S. Margaret's Sis- 

 terhood there, and a leader of the 

 High Church movement, and was 

 inhibited for 14 years by his bishop. 

 Neale was one of the greatest 

 British hymnologists, composing 

 original hymns and translating 

 many from the Greek and Latin. 

 Among his translations the most 

 popular is Jerusalem the Golden, 

 a part of the Rhythm of Bernard 

 of Morlaix. He published Hymns 

 for Little Children, 1842, and 

 Hymns for the Young, a com- 

 panion volume, 1844. Neale died 

 Aug. 6, 1866. See Hymns ; con- 

 sult also Life, E. A. Towle, 1907. 

 Neander, JOHANW AUGUST WJL- 

 HELM (1789-1850). German his- 

 torian. He was born at Gcittingen, 

 Jan. 17, 1789, 

 the son of a 

 Jew, named 

 Mendel. On 

 baptism he 

 changed his 

 name to that 

 by which he is 

 known (Gr., 

 new man), and 

 went to study 

 divinity at 

 Halle, under Schleiermacher, whose 

 writings had brought about his 

 conversion. He became professor 

 of theology at Heidelberg, 1812, 

 and from 1813 until his death 

 was professor of church history 

 at Berlin. Most of his works 

 have been translated into English. 

 He died July 14, 1850. See 

 August Neander, O. C. Krabbe, 

 1852 ; Erinnerungen an August 

 Neander, J. L. Jacobi, 1882 ; 

 Neanders Lebcn, A. F. J. Wie- 

 gand, 1889. 



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J. A. W. Neander, 

 German historian 



