Definitions for Christian

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Christian Chris·tian

Spelling: [kris-chuh n]

IPA: /ˈkrɪs tʃən/

Christian is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 473 anagrams from letters in Christian (achiinrst).

Definitions for Christian

noun

1. a person who believes in Jesus Christ; adherent of Christianity.
2. a person who exemplifies in his or her life the teachings of Christ:
3. a member of any of certain Protestant churches, as the Disciples of Christ and the Plymouth Brethren.
4. the hero of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.
5. a male given name.
6. Charlie, 1916–42, U.S. jazz guitarist.
7. 1818–1906, king of Denmark 1863–1906.
8. 1870–1947, king of Denmark 1912–47.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or derived from Jesus Christ or His teachings:
2. of, pertaining to, believing in, or belonging to the religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ:
3. of or relating to Christians:
4. exhibiting a spirit proper to a follower of Jesus Christ; Christlike:
5. decent; respectable:
6. human; not brutal; humane:

Origin of Christian

1250-1300; Latin Chrīstiānus Greek Chrīstiānós, equivalent to Chrīst(ós) Christ + -iānos Latin -iānus -ian; replacing Middle English, Old En

Examples for Christian

Do, some kind Christian, pump a stroke or two, just to wet my whistle.

Within a few swipes, I was already feeling that burst of romantic optimism you need the first day of the (Christian) new year.

Congress is now 92 percent Christian, resembling more to a papal enclave than our religiously diverse nation.

Mr. Malbone would hardly imagine you had been bred in a Christian land.

But the enemy of the new emirs is neither the Jew nor the Christian, it is the godless militant defending secularism.

Now, that's healthy doin's fur a two-fisted Christian, ain't it?

One might have been a model for the seraphs of Christian faith, the other an Olympian deity.

Christian Greece weaker than at any time since she became a kingdom.

My understanding was that according to most Christian beliefs, being trans or gay was a sin, cut and dry.

The breakdown of the 114th Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male, and 92 percent Christian.