christian
//ˈkɹɪʃt͡ʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- christians
- Comparative
- more christian
- Superlative
- most christian
Definitions
1.A believer in Christianity.
- The whole life of a good Christian is nothing else but a state of holy desire (sanctum desiderium).
- Another way Christians and Catholics are perceived as anti-homosexual is via institutional oppression.
- In South Korea, the Mingjung Theology inspired Christians and Catholics to question the legitimacy of the authoritarian regime.
2.A person who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.
- Ye lyfe of euery christian, is as a pilgremage.
- The very word ‘Christianity’ is a misunderstanding, at bottom there was only one Christian, and he died on the cross.
3.Uncommon spelling of Christian.
- Hence the faithful christians will readily obey Christ, who is the ruler of justice in the community.
- The most isolated christian […] does not come to God like the pagan mystic, as the alone to the Alone.
- John 13th, invented the christening and blessing of bells, which ceremonies must certainly have rendered these noisey things, more sonorous and pleasing to the pious ear of a good christian.
1.Of, like or relating to Jesus Christ.
2.Kind, charitable; moral; a term of approbation.
- I didn’t think it was very Christian of them, not to call back. Just downright Un-Christian.
- Henry Irving and other Victorian actors easily created empathy for Shylock, even in a muscularly Christian period.
- Mood and hopes ran high. Onto the stage, into this mélange of black power, military symbolism, and Christian striving, walked Kathryn Johnson.
3.Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.
- This is not to say that there is no discord within Christian and Catholic congregations on this issue.
- While Christian churches allow lay believers in Jesus to do exorcism, Catholics limit the practice to selected priests.
4.Uncommon spelling of Christian.
- Of all christian ‘ritual patterns’ that of the eucharist is by common consent central and most important.
- The emergence of basic christian communities as a new radical model of church is closely linked with Latin American Liberation Theology.
- For them liturgy as religion in action with its central role in defining local christian communities, has proved a useful tool for enriching understanding of religious culture in pre-industrial society.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1344
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English Cristien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós), from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, anointed [one]”) + Latin suffix -ānus.
The older form is Christen.
Doublet of cretin.
By surface analysis, Christ + -ian.