[f. prec.: see -IST: cf. JUDAIZE.] One who follows or favors Jewish practice or ritual; a Judaizer; esp. in Eccl. Hist. used of Jewish Christians of the apostolic age.
1846. in Worcester citing Eclectic Rev.
1866. J. A. Dorner, in Contemp. Rev., I. 482. All the original apostles were Judaists.
1882. Farrar, Early Chr., I. 92. Christians who wished to stand aloof alike from Paulinists and Judaists.
So Judaistic a., of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, Judaists.
1833. J. H. Newman, Arians, I. i. (1876), 14. There was nothing Judaistic in this conduct.
1886. A. J. Mason, in Academy, 10 Jan., 19/2. It is clear that the Judaistic party claimed to be thought loyal adherents of James.
