Christian - definition, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkrɪstʃən|
Brit.  |ˈkrɪstʃ(ə)n|

noun

- a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination (syn: christian)

adjective

- relating to or characteristic of Christianity (syn: christian)
Christian rites
- following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ (syn: christian)

Extra examples

Many of my friends are Christian.

He showed a very Christian concern for others.

That wasn't a very christian thing to do!

Christian II

Christian rites

Methodists, Baptists, and other Christian denominations.

She is an evangelical Christian.

...a Christian clergyman with a very heterodox opinion on the divinity of Jesus...

...according to popular Christian tradition, St. Peter acts as janitor at heaven's pearly gates...

He was studying Christian liturgy.

Jewish, Christian, and Islamic mysticism.

...many Christian saints were anchorites who removed themselves from the world to focus on their spirituality...

The town's founders wanted to create a Christian utopia.

...a conservative Christian sect with a code of sexual morality that is often seen as quaintly Victorian by outsiders...

Twenty boys and girls were confirmed in the Christian Church.

Word forms

noun
singular: Christian
plural: Christians
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