Christian
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1.4
- adjective
- /ˈkrɪs.tʃən/
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cristiano
- They want America to be a Christian nation.
- Christian faith
- Christian tradition
- Christian theology
They correspond to the Greek Christian term escasus.
- They correspond to the Greek Christian term escasus.
- Kate Forbes is a, is a Christian Scottish nationalist.
- They want America to be a Christian nation.
- And so far as it looks like, you know, Christian service on a Sunday morning.
- And that's very much the project that the Christian right embraces.
- Which means that we want our schools to be Christian, our hospitals to be Christian.
- He had won a battle with the favour of the Christian God, now the Christian God.
- Yeah, a Christian Church and a mosque all together.
- This is a complete Christian nationalist agenda.
- This this like American Christian missionary, you know, who died for Iran.
- He's named after the non Christian sort of son of, of, of Abraham.
- The Christian Christian law is slightly different.
Examples
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Which means that we want our schools to be Christian, our hospitals to be Christian.
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These are various components of the Christian story.
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And so far as it looks like, you know, Christian service on a Sunday morning.
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I wanna build a Christian college with full student housing.
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We were interested in discovering the role of Christian education in the implementation of the program.
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Even in particular details, this theme resonates with Christian ideas of resurrection and heaven.
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She comes from a Christian and God fearing home.
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And that's very much the project that the Christian right embraces.
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It was a Christian camp my father founded... for poor, unfortunate, cast-off little boys and girls... who would do anything for a candy bar.
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Many charities offer help to those in need through Christian organizations.
Compounds
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A person who becomes very religious again after a strong personal change in their faith
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8.1
A religious movement that believes in spiritual healing and follows Jesus' teachings
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A church member who follows Christian Science and often uses prayer for healing
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1.5
A religion based on Jesus Christ that says he is the savior and teaches love and forgiveness
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3.0
A Protestant group that uses the Bible as the only guide and baptizes by putting people fully into water
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A collection of holy books for Christians including the Old and New Testaments
- Offensive
A person who calls themselves Christian but accepts only some church teachings
A person who follows Christian beliefs and helps people or defends those beliefs
A yearly cycle of seasons and festivals in the Christian church that includes Advent and Easter
A Christian group in the United States formed when the Congregational Church and the Christian Church joined
- Archaic
A rare disease in young children that causes swelling, skull bone cysts, and extreme thirst
- Archaic
A rare disease mainly in young children that causes swelling, holes in the skull, and sometimes extreme thirst and urination
- Archaic
A Christian from an Eastern church who is part of the Catholic Church but keeps its own services
How Christian
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Christian comes from the parts Christ and -ian, where Christ means 'the chosen one' and -ian means 'belonging to' or 'about'. So Christian as an adjective means 'about Christ or his religion'.