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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 E·bi·o·nite n.  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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]