Early Christian
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Early Christian authors gave dragons human characteristics such as greed and in literature, dragons signaled the sin of avarice — they were creatures to fear and defeat.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2022
“Therefore, it can illuminate Byzantine Shivta’s Christian community and Early Christian art across the region.”
From Fox News ● Nov. 13, 2018
Early Christian leaders apparently recognized that because many converts were used to commemorating that day, it made sense to co-opt it, even though Christ was probably born sometime in spring or summer.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2017
Early Christian theologians were very troubled by it because they thought it rivaled God’s own creation.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2016
Henry, who had his card ready to throw down upon the table, slid it back into his hand with the look of resignation that has tranquillized our memories of the Early Christian Martyrs.
From Tutors' Lane by Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
