Definition of christian

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Christian (n.) 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..

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Catholicity :: Catholicity (n.) Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy.
Heresy :: Heresy (n.) An offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some essential doctrine, which denial is publicly avowed, and obstinately maintained..
Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A body of elders in the early Christian church.
Apostasy :: Apostasy (n.) An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity..
Infidel :: Infidel (n.) One who does not believe in the prevailing religious faith; especially, one who does not believe in the divine origin and authority of Christianity; a Mohammedan; a heathen; a freethinker..
Unchristianly :: Unchristianly (adv.) In an unchristian manner.
Martyr :: Martyr (n.) One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr..
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide..
Unchristian :: Unchristian (a.) Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel.
Surname :: Surname (n.) A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name..
Christianity :: Christianity (n.) The body of Christian believers.
Faith :: Faith (n.) That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially, the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church..
Distant :: Distant (a.) Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity..
Agape :: Agape (n.) The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion..
Independent :: Independent (n.) One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority..
Xerophagy :: Xerophagy (n.) Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts..
Unchristianly :: Unchristianly (a.) Unchristian.
Sunday :: Sunday (n.) The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day..
Cabala :: Cabala (n.) A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means..
Orthodox :: Orthodox (a.) Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures; -- opposed to heretical and heterodox; as, an orthodox Christian..
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