Christian
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
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.
Inflected forms:
form: Christians
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: christian
pos: noun
tags: alternative
uncommon
form: Xtian
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: Xian
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
derogatory
sometimes
form: more Christian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Christian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: christian
pos: adj
tags: alternative
uncommon
form: Xtian
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: Xian
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
derogatory
sometimes
Senses:
gloss: A believer in Christianity.
pos: noun
examples: Shyl.... If a Iewe wrong a Christian, what is his humillity, reuenge? If a Christian wrong a Iewe, what should his sufferance be by Christian example, why reuenge? The villanie you teach me I will execute, and it shall goe hard but I will better the instruction.
The whole life of a good Christian is nothing else but a state of holy desire (sanctum desiderium).
“Mahatma Gandhi, I am very anxious to see Christianity naturalized in India, so that it shall be no longer a foreign thing identified with foreign people and a foreign government, but a part of the national life of India... What would you suggest that we do to make that possible?” He very gravely and thoughtfully replied: “I would suggest, first, that all of you Christians, missionaries and all, must begin to live more like Jesus Christ.”
[…]thousands of people have been killed in recent years in violence between Muslims and Christians, in Nigeria and Indonesia in particular, but on a lesser scale in other regions as well.
In the year 144, the church declared Marcion of Sinope, a rich shipping magnate and part-time theologian, a heretic for declaring the God of the Hebrew scriptures to be inferior to the God of the New Testament. But despite this condemnation, popular Marcionism has continued ever since. You hear Christians lapse into it all the time with the lazy argument, "Oh, that's just the Old Testament", when confronted by the claim that the Bible is violent.
gloss: A believer in Christianity.
pos: noun
tags: nonstandard
examples: On the contrary, many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Christians and Catholics, including heterosexual allies of lesbians and gay Christians, of them, have voiced their opinions on the complicated issues of religion and sexuality.
In South Korea, the Mingjung Theology inspired Christians and Catholics to question the legitimacy of the authoritarian regime.
The point of emphasis here is the fact that many Igbo became Catholics or Christians not because they were convinced of the teachings and practice of Christianity but as a result of many factors.
Catholics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, and any other dogma that you read about were warring, while fully in their deception from the Light of Truth.
Another way Christians and Catholics are perceived as anti-homosexual is via institutional oppression.
gloss: A person who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
‘You’re riding for a fall, Healey, you know that? There are hedges and ditches ahead and you are on course for an almighty cropper.’
‘Sir.’
‘And I shall be cheering and laughing as you tumble,’ said Meddlar, his spectacles flashing.
‘That’s just the warm-hearted Christian in you, sir.’
gloss: A European, especially though not necessarily of the Christian religion.
pos: noun
tags: England
obsolete
gloss: Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.
pos: adj
tags: nonstandard
not-comparable
examples: While Christian churches allow lay believers in Jesus to do exorcism, Catholics limit the practice to selected priests.
This is not to say that there is no discord within Christian and Catholic congregations on this issue.
When asked whether they are Christian, some Catholics respond, “No. I am Catholic.” Many Catholics see the Christian question as an attempt to discover whether they have accepted Christ in a way that is more representative of a Protestant or evangelical experience. Saying, “No, I’m not Christian” can also be a way to assert a student’s distinctively Catholic identity, even though they know Catholics are Christian because they believe in Christ.
gloss: Of, like or relating to Jesus Christ.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Kind, charitable; moral; a term of approbation.
pos: adj
examples: That’s very Christian of you.
I cannot help thinking there are people in the world who are very tiresome, very impertinent, and very disagreeable; yet, I don’t think it would be a very Christian act were I to tell them so.
I must say I have seen him do a very Christian act at the Fish River. Some Kafir women were there eating; he begged of them; they refused to give him any food. […] I gave him some of the victuals we were enjoying, and he instantly broke the bread, and gave of it to these very Kafir women who had just refused any of theirs.
“Besides this,” said the trapper, “it is hardly a Christian act to leave these two men to perish by the hands of the savages[…]”
So, in his esteem, an auto da fé — an “act of faith,” as the words mean — is really an act of faith — an act of such faith as the author of “Ecce Homo” approves — a most Christian act — a most humane act[…]
I have only been at home two days, and here I am come on the third to see you and Tiny, so it is not Christian of you — as my mother would say — to receive your dutiful grand-nephew in such an unkind manner[…]
“Why should I? It’s very Christian of you.” “People here do not think of me as a Christian, Mitti.” “I’d call it Christian charity,” I floundered. “You think Christians have a monopoly on charity?” she asked. “Well, no,” I stammered.
Joyce […] must have found himself likewise in accord with Dante’s view that “The Goal of Mankind is Universal Peace,” a view to which Dante devoted an entire section of his treatise, and a view opposed to the protestant militancy of the more muscularly Christian Milton.
I didn’t think it was very Christian of them, not to call back. Just downright Un-Christian.
Mood and hopes ran high. Onto the stage, into this mélange of black power, military symbolism, and Christian striving, walked Kathryn Johnson.
Henry Irving and other Victorian actors easily created empathy for Shylock, even in a muscularly Christian period.
Synonyms: charitable
helpful
kind
neighborly
neighbourly
sweet
Antonyms: agnostic
atheist
heathen
non-Christian
pagan
corrupt
immoral
improper
unjust
savage
sinful
Related words: Christianity
Christianize
Christian Malford
Christlike
Christological
cretin
Catholic
fundamentalist
Jew
messiah
Mormon
Muslim
New Testament
Old Testament
Protestant
Derived words: Christian Bible
Christian Brother
Christian cross
Christian Iberia
Christian Identity
Christian-like
Christian metal
Christian name
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
Christian rap
Christian right
Christian rock
Christian soldier
Christian Universalism
Christian Zionism
cultural Christian
Eastern Christian
even-Christian
neo-Christian
out-Christian
Zio-Christian
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: krishterë
lang: Arabic
word: مَسِيحِيّ
roman: masīḥiyy
lang: Arabic
word: نَصْرَانِيّ
roman: naṣrāniyy
lang: Aragonese
word: cristiano
lang: Armenian
word: քրիստոնեական
roman: kʻristoneakan
lang: Aromanian
word: crishtin
lang: Aromanian
word: crãshtin
lang: Asturian
word: cristianu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: xristian
lang: Bashkir
word: христиан
roman: xristian
lang: Belarusian
word: хрысція́нскі
roman: xryscijánski
lang: Bengali
word: খ্রীষ্টান
roman: khriśṭan
lang: Bulgarian
word: христия́нски
roman: hristijánski
lang: Burmese
word: ခရစ်ယာန်
roman: hka.racyan
lang: Catalan
word: cristià
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 基督教
roman: jīdūjiào
lang: Czech
word: křesťanský
lang: Danish
word: kristen
lang: Dutch
word: christelijk
lang: Esperanto
word: kristanisma
lang: Esperanto
word: kristana
lang: Estonian
word: kristlik
lang: Extremaduran
word: cristianu
lang: Fala
word: cristianu
lang: Finnish
word: kristillinen
lang: French
word: chrétien
lang: Friulian
word: cristian
lang: Galician
word: cristián
lang: Georgian
word: ქრისტიანული
roman: krisṭianuli
lang: German
word: christlich
lang: Greek
word: χριστιανικός
roman: christianikós
lang: Hebrew
word: נוֹצְרִי
roman: notsrí
lang: Hebrew
word: נוֹצְרִית
roman: notsrít
lang: Hindi
word: ईसाई
roman: īsāī
lang: Hindi
word: क्रिश्चियन
roman: kriściyan
lang: Hindi
word: मसीही
roman: masīhī
lang: Hungarian
word: keresztény
lang: Icelandic
word: kristinn
lang: Icelandic
word: kristin
lang: Icelandic
word: kristið
lang: Indonesian
word: Kristen
lang: Indonesian
word: Nasrani
lang: Irish
word: Críostaí
lang: Irish
word: Críostúil
lang: Italian
word: cristiano
lang: Japanese
word: キリスト教の
roman: Kirisutokyō no
lang: Kazakh
word: христиандық
roman: xristiandyq
lang: Kazakh
word: христиан
roman: xristian
lang: Khmer
word: គ្រិស្ទាន
roman: kristiən
lang: Korean
word: 크리스트교의
roman: keuriseuteugyo-ui
lang: Korean
word: 그리스도교의
roman: geuriseudogyo-ui
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: Mesîhî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: Îsawî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: Xiristiyan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: христиандык
roman: hristiandık
lang: Kyrgyz
word: христиан
roman: hristian
lang: Ladino
word: kristiano
lang: Lao
word: ຄິດຕະສາສນິກກະຊົນ
roman: khit ta sās nik ka son
lang: Latin
word: chrīstiānus
lang: Latin
word: Chrīstiānus
lang: Latvian
word: kristīgs
lang: Leonese
word: cristianu
lang: Lithuanian
word: krikščioniškas
lang: Macedonian
word: христијански
roman: hristijanski
lang: Malayalam
word: ക്രൈസ്തവ
roman: kraistava
lang: Mirandese
word: crestiano
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kristen
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kristelig
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kristen
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kristeleg
lang: Old English
word: cristen
lang: Pashto
word: مسيحي
roman: masihi
lang: Pashto
word: نصراني
roman: nasrāni
lang: Pashto
word: عيسوي
roman: isawi
lang: Persian
word: مَسیحی
roman: masihi
lang: Persian
word: نَصْرانی
roman: nasrâni
lang: Persian
word: عیسَوِی
roman: 'isavi
lang: Polish
word: chrześcijański
lang: Portuguese
word: cristão
lang: Punjabi
word: ਇਸਾਈ
roman: isāī
lang: Romanian
word: creștin
lang: Russian
word: христиа́нский
roman: xristiánskij
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: Crìosdail
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: хришћански
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кршћански
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: hrišćanski
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kršćanski
lang: Sicilian
word: cristianu
lang: Slovak
word: kresťanský
lang: Slovene
word: krščanski
lang: Spanish
word: cristiano
lang: Swahili
word: Kikristo
lang: Swedish
word: kristen
lang: Swedish
word: kristlig
lang: Tajik
word: насронӣ
roman: nasroni
lang: Tajik
word: исавӣ
roman: isavi
lang: Tajik
word: масеҳӣ
roman: masehi
lang: Tetum
word: sarani
lang: Thai
word: คริสเตียน
roman: krít-sà-dtiian
lang: Turkish
word: Hristiyan
lang: Turkmen
word: mesihi
lang: Turkmen
word: hristian
lang: Ukrainian
word: христия́нський
roman: xrystyjánsʹkyj
lang: Urdu
word: عِیسائی
roman: 'īsāī
lang: Urdu
word: مَسِیحی
roman: masīhī
lang: Urdu
word: نَصْرانِی
roman: nasrānī
lang: Uyghur
word: خرىستىئان
roman: xristi'an
lang: Uzbek
word: xristianlik
lang: Uzbek
word: xristian
lang: Uzbek
word: nasroniy
lang: Volapük
word: kritik
lang: Volapük
word: kritanik
lang: Welsh
word: Cristnogol
lang: Yiddish
word: קריסטלעך
roman: kristlekh
lang: Zazaki
word: Xristiyan
lang: Zazaki
word: İsewi