Christ
noun
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the eventual coming of a Messiah.
Christs
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pluralof Christ.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The film is adapted from “The Three Christs of Ypsilanti,” a 1964 book about three patients with paranoid schizophrenia, each of whom claimed to be Jesus.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2020
Three Christs An empathetic psychiatrist treats three men suffering from schizophrenia in 1959 Michaigan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2019
But that performance pales compared to his role in Jon Avnet’s Three Christs, where he plays one of a trio of schizophrenics who claim to be Jesus.
From The Verge ● Sep. 22, 2017
They don’t usually believe in flying saucers, like the 39 suicides of Heaven’s Gate, or homegrown Christs with a taste for classic rock, like the Branch Davidians of Waco.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2013
Unlike the suffering, earthbound Christs depicted at eye level on the church walls, our Christ Pantocrator was clearly transcendent, all-powerful, heaven- bestriding.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
