Christian
1of, relating to, or derived from Jesus Christ or His teachings: a Christian faith.
of, pertaining to, believing in, or belonging to the religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ: Spain is a Christian country.
of or relating to Christians: many Christian deaths in the Crusades.
exhibiting a spirit proper to a follower of Jesus Christ; Christlike: She displayed true Christian charity.
Sometimes Offensive. decent; respectable: They gave him a good Christian burial.
Sometimes Offensive. human; not brutal; humane: Such behavior isn't Christian.
a person who believes in Jesus Christ; adherent of Christianity.
a person who exemplifies in their life the teachings of Christ: He died like a true Christian.
a member of any of certain Protestant churches, as the Disciples of Christ and the Plymouth Brethren.
the hero of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.
a male given name.
Origin of Christian
1Other definitions for Christian (2 of 2)
Charlie, 1916–42, U.S. jazz guitarist.
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How to use Christian in a sentence
Even in the medieval era this disparity made Christians uncomfortable.
Even those Christians who do want to minister amid the rancor of race and policing are missing the mark.
At Christianity Today, Peter Chin claims Christians should preach peace instead of bogging down in the particulars of race.
Christians should have addressed that conflict more forcefully over the holidays.
Cocaine busts, tax cheats, and bribe-taking, born-again Christians: Welcome to the political scandals of 2014.
But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
Among the Japanese who are in the islands there are more than one thousand five hundred Christians.
Seeing that this would not be conceded, he commenced to persecute Christians openly and secretly.
Thus they become accustomed to act as christians, to become so in reality in his time.
To escape from these horrible theories, the Christians (some of them) have thrown over the doctrines of Hell and the Devil.
God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
British Dictionary definitions for Christian (1 of 2)
/ (ˈkrɪstʃən) /
a person who believes in and follows Jesus Christ
a member of a Christian Church or denomination
informal a person who possesses Christian virtues, esp practical ones
of, relating to, or derived from Jesus Christ, his teachings, example, or his followers
(sometimes not capital) exhibiting kindness or goodness
Derived forms of Christian
- Christianly, adjective, adverb
British Dictionary definitions for Christian (2 of 2)
/ (ˈkrɪstʃən) /
Charlie. 1919–42, US jazz guitarist
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Christian (1 of 2)
A follower or disciple of Jesus; someone who believes Jesus is the Christ or Messiah. The New Testament mentions that the followers of Jesus were first called Christians within a few years after his death.
A follower of Jesus and his teachings. Christian is also a descriptive term for the institutions and practices of Christianity.
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