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Christian

Christian

10 2.8
Acting kindly and forgiving in the way Jesus taught
  • 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.

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Examples

  • 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.

  • There is sort of the the Christian way to do those things, right?

  • So it's like, you know, you find a good Christian girl that loves Jesus.

  • 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.

  • I moved to Seattle and I became deeply Christian for a moment.

  • I'm not pushing religion here, but I went to a Christian School, Sunday school.

  • 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

Christlike
vsChristian
3 6.7

Being kind, forgiving, and putting others before yourself like Jesus

is broader, covering any behavior tied to the teachings rather than listed traits
christly
vsChristian
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Showing kindness, patience, and forgiveness like Christ

focuses more on qualities and values taught rather than on general nature

Antonyms

1 7.1

Not relating to the religion that follows the teachings of Jesus

Compounds

A group of Christians with its own beliefs and ways of worship

A religious movement that believes in spiritual healing and follows Jesus' teachings

A person who becomes very religious again after a strong personal change in their faith

A person's first name given at birth or baptism

A religion based on Jesus Christ that says he is the savior and teaches love and forgiveness

A church member who follows Christian Science and often uses prayer for healing

Christian theology
  • Specialized
3 7.0

The study of Christian beliefs and church teaching by scholars

A collection of holy books for Christians including the Old and New Testaments

A time starting at Jesus's birth that people use for AD or CE dates

A Protestant group that uses the Bible as the only guide and baptizes by putting people fully into water

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 holiday that Christians celebrate, like Christmas or Easter

Religious rules based on Christian beliefs that some people want as law

A set way churches use for worship with prayers and hymns

1 9.3

A person who calls themselves Christian but accepts only some church teachings

A Christian group in the United States formed when the Congregational Church and the Christian Church joined

Monophysite Christian
  • Specialized
9.9

A Christian who believes Jesus has only one divine nature

A rare disease in young children that causes swelling, skull bone cysts, and extreme thirst

A rare disease mainly in young children that causes swelling, holes in the skull, and sometimes extreme thirst and urination

9.9

A Christian from an Eastern church who is part of the Catholic Church but keeps its own services

How Christian

zealous
21 6.8
devout
53 5.7
Christian
10 2.8
unchristian
2 7.2
nonreligious
3 4.1

Surface Forms

Christian positive

Morphology

Christian = Christ (transparent) = Christ + ian

Formed regularly from 'Christ' + the adjectival suffix '-ian', meaning 'relating to Christ or Christianity'.

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.