'Christian' definitions:

Definition of 'Christian'

From: WordNet
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of Christianity; "Christian rites"
adjective
Following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ [ant: unchristian]
noun
A religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination

Definition of 'Christian'

From: GCIDE
  • Christian \Chris"tian\, n. [L. christianus, Gr. ?; cf. AS. cristen. See Christ.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ. [1913 Webster]
  • The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. --Acts xi. 26. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Eccl.) (a) One of a Christian denomination which rejects human creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names. They are congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. They are also called {Disciples of Christ}, and Campbellites. (b) One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In this sense, often pronounced, but not by the members of the sects, kr[imac]s"chan. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Christian'

From: GCIDE
  • Christian \Chris"tian\, a.
  • 1. Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent. [1913 Webster]
  • The graceful tact; the Christian art. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • Christian Commission. See under Commission.
  • Christian court. Same as Ecclesiastical court.
  • Christian Endeavor, Young People's Society of. In various Protestant churches, a society of young people organized in each individual church to do Christian work; also, the whole body of such organizations, which are united in a corporation called the United Society of Christian Endeavor, organized in 1885. The parent society was founded in 1881 at Portland, Maine, by Rev. Francis E. Clark, a Congregational minister. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Christian era, the present era, commencing with the birth of Christ. It is supposed that owing to an error of a monk (Dionysius Exiguus, d. about 556) employed to calculate the era, its commencement was fixed three or four years too late, so that 1890 should be 1893 or 1894.
  • Christian name, the name given in baptism, as distinct from the family name, or surname. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Christian'

From: Easton
  • Christian the name given by the Greeks or Romans, probably in reproach, to the followers of Jesus. It was first used at Antioch. The names by which the disciples were known among themselves were "brethren," "the faithful," "elect," "saints," "believers." But as distinguishing them from the multitude without, the name "Christian" came into use, and was universally accepted. This name occurs but three times in the New Testament (Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Pet. 4:16).

Synonyms of 'Christian'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Christian -- U.S. County in Kentucky

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Christian -- U.S. County in Kentucky
Population (2000) :
72265
Housing Units (2000) :
27182
Land area (2000) :
721.315034 sq. miles (1868.197282 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
2.692520 sq. miles (6.973595 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
724.007554 sq. miles (1875.170877 sq. km)
Located within :
Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location :
36.854445 N, 87.481989 W

Christian -- U.S. County in Illinois

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Christian -- U.S. County in Illinois
Population (2000) :
35372
Housing Units (2000) :
14992
Land area (2000) :
709.061090 sq. miles (1836.459714 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
6.653531 sq. miles (17.232565 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
715.714621 sq. miles (1853.692279 sq. km)
Located within :
Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location :
39.528077 N, 89.262544 W

Christian -- U.S. County in Missouri

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Christian -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000) :
54285
Housing Units (2000) :
21827
Land area (2000) :
563.160776 sq. miles (1458.579651 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.889574 sq. miles (2.303985 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
564.050350 sq. miles (1460.883636 sq. km)
Located within :
Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location :
37.015357 N, 93.236723 W

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