Definition for "Christian"

Etymology

* c. 1590, from Latin Christianus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Christianos), from Χριστός (Christos, “Christ, anointed one”) + -ιανός (-ianos, “of, related to”) * Christ +‎ -ian
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Christian - (Adjective)

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1. Of, relating to, or professing Christianity or its teachings
  • the Christian Church
2. Having or showing qualities associated with Christians, esp. those of decency, kindness, and fairness
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(adj) Christian (relating to or characteristic of Christianity) "Christian rites"
(adj) christian (following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ)
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not comparable Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.
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Kind, charitable, or generous.
  • That's very Christian of you.
  • To non-Christians, this may be an offensive usage (similarly, see the offensive usage of Jew)
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Righteous, ethical or moral.
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Christian - (Noun)

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plural : Christians
1. A person who has received Christian baptism or is a believer in Jesus Christ and his teachings
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Christian (?), n. [L. christianus, Gr. .; cf. AS. cristen. See ****.]



1. 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.

    The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
Acts xi. 26.

2. One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system.

3. (Eccl.) (a) 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. (b) One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice.

. In this sense, often pronounced, but not by the members of the sects, krs"chan.

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(n) Christian (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)
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Christianity A believer in Christianity.
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Christianity An individual who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.
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Christianity An individual who has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
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Christian - (Proper noun)

A male given name found in England since the twelfth century.
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A female given name of medieval usage, rare today.
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A patronymic surname.
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Christian - (General)

phonetic : /ˈkrisCHən/ http://www.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/de/0/!Christian.mp3
1. Fletcher (c.1764–93), English seaman and mutineer. In April 1789, as first mate under Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty, he seized the ship and cast Bligh and others adrift. In 1790, the mutineers settled on Pitcairn Island, where Christian was probably killed by Tahitians
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2. relating to or characteristic of Christianity; "Christian rites"
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3. a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
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4. following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ
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5. (christianity) a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior
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6. (christianity) Christendom: the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia); "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom"
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7. (christ) Jesus: a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
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8. The Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church (საქართველოს სამოციქულო მართლმადიდებელი ავტოკეფალური ეკლესია, sakartvelos samocikulo martlmadidebeli avtok'epaluri ek'lesia) traces its origins to the mission of Apostle Andrew in the 1st century. ...
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9. Christian was a lion originally purchased by Australians John Rendall and Anthony "Ace" Bourke from Harrods department store of London in 1969 and ultimately reintroduced to the African wild by conservationist George Adamson. ...
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10. Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world.
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11. William Jason Reso (born November 30, 1973) is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring names Christian and Christian Cage. He currently wrestles for the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) promotion, formerly the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), on its SmackDown brand.
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12. The Christian is a 1923 silent film drama from the Goldwyn company directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Richard Dix and Mae Busch. It is based on the once famous novel and play by Hall Caine. On the Broadway stage Viola Allen played Glory Quayle to acclaim in 1899. ...
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13. (Christ.) Christopher Horne (fl. c. 2000), known on-stage as Christ., is a Scottish musician. He disclaims any religious meaning in the stage name; he describes it as short for his full name, and the full stop or period as indicating that status as an abbreviation.
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14. (Christ) A figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus Christ; An expletive, whose use is considered blasphemous by most Christians; The anointed one or messiah predicted in Jewish prophecy; A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy; often treated as ...
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15. (Christianism) coined by political scientist Warren Blumenfeld, it is "the assumption that everyone is or should be Christian" which effectively "excludes the needs, concerns, and life experiences of people who do not define themselves as Christian".  I.e. ...
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16. (Christianity) (1) A broad classification that includes beliefs from the humanism of Universalism, the false testimony of Joseph Smith (Mormon), the re-sacrifice of the mass in Roman Catholicism, the Biblical Christianity of the Westminster Confession of Faith, and everything in between. ...
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17. (Christianity) (n.) 1. the bizarre belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever after death, if you symbolically drink his blood, eat his flesh, and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is ...
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18. (Christianity) A religion based upon the life, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  It has been maligned in the west as old-fashioned, ignorant, racist, and mysogynistic. ...
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19. (Christianity) Currently the most popular religion in the world based on the number of worshippers found throughout the world. While this monotheistic  religion developed from Judaism, there are key differences in its teachings. It was founded by Jesus Christ in the 1st century CE.
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20. (Christianity) Refers to the exercise of faith in the atoning and saving work of Jesus Christ through His sacrificial death and victorious resurrection as revealed through God's holy Word. ...
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21. (Christianity) stands as India's third largest religion, following Hinduism and Islam.^[1] Abrahamic religions on the whole date back about 2500 years with the arrival of Judaism,^[2] followed by arrival of Christianity around 2000 years ago. ...
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22. (Christians) The Liberals' greatest competition for the heart and soul of the World.  Without a doubt, Third Way Sociologist Parliamentary Utopianism is a secular humanist political religion.  It has it's own saints (like FDR, Martin Luther King Jr. ...
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23. (Christ) The word is often misunderstood to be the surname of Jesus due to the numerous mentions of Jesus Christ in the Christian Bible. The word is in fact a title, hence its common reciprocal use Christ Jesus, meaning The Anointed One, Jesus. ...
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24. (Christ (Seth)) He is represented by a star of the north since it is one of the many in the north, that is, means that it is one of many false prophets which come to the world to try to confuse mankind, but like his predecessors, it will be defeated by the light of Truth, which has also been ...
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25. (Christ) (Greek) Pure, perfect, ideal, or anointed. The only begotten Son of God, the creator or essence of all that can be known.
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26. (Christ) A backslide in which the heel of the non-grinding skate is resting on front of the sliding skate.
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Christian (?), a.

1. Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people.

3. Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court. Blackstone.

4. Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent.

    The graceful tact; the Christian art.
Tennyson.

Christian Commission. See under ****.
Christian court. Same as ****.
Christian Endeavor, Young People's Society of. In various Protestant churches, a society of young people organized in each individual church to do Christian work; also, the whole body of such organizations, which are united in a corporation called the United Society of Christian Endeavor, organized in 1885. The parent society was founded in 1881 at Portland, Maine, by Rev. Francis E. Clark, a Congregational minister.
Christian era, the present era, commencing with the birth of Christ. It is supposed that owing to an error of a monk (Dionysius Exiguus, d. about 556) employed to calculate the era, its commencement was fixed three or four years too late, so that 1890 should be 1893 or 1894.
Christian name, the name given in baptism, as distinct from the family name, or surname.

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Synonyms

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Pronunciation : IPA

  • /ˈkɹɪstʃən/
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Pronunciation : Audio

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