Christian IV

/ (ˈkrɪstʃən, Danish ˈkresdjan) /

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noun

1577–1648, king of Denmark and Norway (1588–1648): defeated in the Thirty Years' War (1629) and by Sweden (1645)

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Words nearby Christian IV

Christian Endeavor, Christian Era, Christiania, Christianism, Christianity, Christian IV, Christian IX, Christianize, Christianlike, Christianly, Christian name

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How to use Christian IV in a sentence

But the enemy of the new emirs is neither the Jew nor the Christian, it is the godless militant defending secularism.
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In 2009, a Pakistani Christian woman got into a religious argument with some Muslim women with whom she was harvesting berries.
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The breakdown of the 114th Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male, and 92 percent Christian.
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Congress is now 92 percent Christian, resembling more to a papal enclave than our religiously diverse nation.
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Within a few swipes, I was already feeling that burst of romantic optimism you need the first day of the (Christian) new year.
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I shall therefore, in my effort to prove the Bible fallible, quote almost wholly from Christian critics.
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Hence it can be seen what hope there is of establishing a flourishing christian church by such evangelists.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
His superior talents and untiring industry were under the direction of philanthropic and Christian impulses.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
"Marco's" reply conclusively proved his possession of a Christian spirit.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
All religions, the Christian religion included, are adaptations or variants of older religions.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford