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/kris"cheuhn/, adj.1. of, pertaining to, or derived from Jesus Christ or His teachings: a Christian faith.2. of, pertaining to, believing in, or belonging to the religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ: Spain is a Christian country.3. of or pertaining to Christians: many Christian deaths in the Crusades.4. exhibiting a spirit proper to a follower of Jesus Christ; Christlike: She displayed true Christian charity.5. decent; respectable: They gave him a good Christian burial.6. human; not brutal; humane: Such behavior isn't Christian.n.7. a person who believes in Jesus Christ; adherent of Christianity.8. a person who exemplifies in his or her life the teachings of Christ: He died like a true Christian.9. a member of any of certain Protestant churches, as the Disciples of Christ and the Plymouth Brethren.10. the hero of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.11. a male given name.[1250-1300; < L Christianus < Gk Christianós, equiv. to Christ(ós) CHRIST + -ianos < L -ianus -IAN; r. ME, OE cristen < L, as above]
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(as used in expressions)Young Men's Christian AssociationAndersen Hans ChristianBach Johann ChristianBillroth Christian Albert TheodorChristian CharlieCharles ChristianChristian Science Monitor TheDiesel Rudolf Christian KarlDiez Friedrich ChristianDior ChristianChristian Emil Maries KüpperEhrenberg Christian GottfriedFabricius Johann ChristianAlicia Christian Fosterfundamentalism ChristianChristian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar AxelHahnemann Christian Friedrich SamuelHebbel Christian FriedrichHeine Christian Johann HeinrichHölderlin Johann Christian FriedrichChristian HuyghensChristian Democratic PartyJohansson Per ChristianLehár Franz ChristianFerencz Christian LehárMommsen Christian Matthias TheodorOlav Alexander Edward Christian FrederikØrsted Hans ChristianJohan Julius Christian SibeliusSimenon Georges Joseph ChristianSmuts Jan ChristianWolff Christian Freiherr baron vonWoman's Christian Temperance Union* * *
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