Christian
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2.8
- adjective
- /ˈkrɪs.tʃən/
:
cristiano
- She always tries to show Christian kindness by helping those in need.
- Christian values
- a Christian life
- Christian compassion
We've got a really strong Christian culture of guilt.
- We've got a really strong Christian culture of guilt.
- There is sort of the the Christian way to do those things, right?
- But those beliefs are part and parcel of the Christian judeo-christian worldview.
- And so that is a Christian motif, right?
- I moved to Seattle and I became deeply Christian for a moment.
- She grew up in Idaho, sternly, strictly Christian, nationalist family.
- Yeah, well, so if it wasn't a Christian song, it was a devil song.
- So it's like, you know, you find a good Christian girl that loves Jesus.
- That's that's a form of identity politics, the Christian oppression movement.
- So with Christian it's the same, but Christian, it's maybe a little bit.
- But these kinds of specific beliefs are Christian claims, Jewish claims.
- I mean, they are Christian nationalists are cruel.
- You know, there's one true Christian white religion.
Examples
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The essence of the true Christian God is not to create but to be.
Academic text (1990) -
I am a good Christian girl saving myself for marriage.
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There is sort of the the Christian way to do those things, right?
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So it's like, you know, you find a good Christian girl that loves Jesus.
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But then the good Lord knows not everyone does their Christian duty in this world.
Fiction book (1995) -
Let's have a little Christian charity one for the other.
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I moved to Seattle and I became deeply Christian for a moment.
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I'm not pushing religion here, but I went to a Christian School, Sunday school.
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Within such a world, the Christian faith confesses a larger hope.
Academic text (2011) -
We've got a really strong Christian culture of guilt.
Synonyms
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6.7
Being kind, forgiving, and putting others before yourself like Jesus
Showing kindness, patience, and forgiveness like Christ
Antonyms
Compounds
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5.5
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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6.6
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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2.3
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 Christ and the ending -ian, and it was used to say someone was like Christ. So to act in a Christian way is to try to be 'Christ-like', showing the values Jesus taught like kindness and forgiveness.