Christian
['krɪstɪən;-tʃ(ə)n] or ['krɪstʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination.
(adj.) following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ .
(adj.) relating to or characteristic of Christianity; 'Christian rites' .
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Definition
(n.) One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ.
(n.) One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system.
(n.) One of a Christian denomination which rejects human creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names. They are congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. They are also called Disciples of Christ, and Campbellites.
(n.) One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice.
(a.) Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people.
(a.) Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court.
(a.) Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Disciple of Christ.
Typist: Serena
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A member of any orthodox church.
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Examples
- The relations between the Ottoman Sultans and the Emperors has been singular in the annals of Moslem and Christian states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Never had Lefferts so abounded in the sentiments that adorn Christian manhood and exalt the sanctity of the home. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I pray you, reverend father as you are a Christian, to undo your door, and at least point out to me my road. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There are names, and Christian symbols, and prayers, or sentences expressive of Christian hopes, carved upon nearly every sarcophagus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He had slipped insensibly into the use of her Christian name, and she had never found the right moment to correct him. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But there was a systematic hunt for the copies of Holy Writ, and in many places a systematic destruction of Christian churches. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nonsense, Christian. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Christian, maul down the victuals from corner-cupboard if canst reach, man, and I'll draw a drap o' sommat to wet it with. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Here the peerless Saladin met the Christian host some seven hundred years ago, and broke their power in Palestine for all time to come. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I'll try to feel like a Christian. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It would have been very like a Christian, and a marvellously good Christian too, if Oliver had prayed for the people who fed and took care of _him_. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- And the anti-Christian German philosopher, Nietzsche, found himself quite at one with the pious field-marshal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Christian writer Lactantius asked shrewdly whence atoms came, and what proof there was of their existence. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- However, in 1657 Christian Huygens applied the pendulu m to weight clocks of the old stamp. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Don't go on posturing like a Deaf and Dumb School,' said the ingenious Fledgeby, 'but express yourself like a Christian--or as nearly as you can. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Most of its issues are still undecided among Christians to this day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But shall we compare Saracens to Christians? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But what is the example of Turks to Scripture Christians! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- You must be Christians. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The Christians lost Jerusalem again in 1244; it was taken from them very easily by the Sultan of Egypt when they attempted an intrigue against him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I don't know, Harry, but the best thing that could happen to me would be to take a good cold and fever, and so pass off like other Christians. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Christians upon a journey were always sure of a warm welcome and hospitable entertainment from their fellow-disciples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No Christians here could buy so many horses and armour--no Jew except myself would give him half the values. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They converted what they could of the conquered people to Islam; the Christians they disarmed, and conferred upon them the monopoly of tax-paying. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But our frontier people call themselves Christians! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The inventor na?vely states that it has round chambers for round balls, designed for Christians, and square chambers, with square balls, for the Turks. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Will it not occur to them that accident has had much to do with their being Christians, or Jews, or Turks? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is lawful to marry again, I suppose; else we might as well be Hindoos instead of Christians. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But shall white men and Christians act like a pagan negro? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Their ideas jarred so little with the essentials of Christianity that they believed themselves to be devout Christians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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