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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Dionysian :: Dionysian (a.) Relating to Dionysius, a monk of the 6th century; as, the Dionysian, or Christian, era..
Order :: Order (n.) An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry..
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..
Godfather :: Godfather (n.) A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction..
Christianization :: Christianization (n.) The act or process of converting or being converted to a true Christianity.
Bible :: Bible (n.) The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible..
Christianly :: Christianly (a.) Christianlike.
Circumcision :: Circumcision (n.) Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith..
Evangelize :: Evangelize (v. t.) To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity; as, to evangelize the world..
Epoch :: Epoch (n.) A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event of great subsequent influence; as, the epoch of the creation; the birth of Christ was the epoch which gave rise to the Christian era..
Skepticism :: Skepticism (n.) A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God..
Martyr :: Martyr (v. t.) To put to death for adhering to some belief, esp. Christianity; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession..
Unitarian :: Unitarian (n.) One who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, believing that God exists only in one person; a unipersonalist; also, one of a denomination of Christians holding this belief..
Sanctuary :: Sanctuary (n.) The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed..
Renegade :: Renegade (n.) An apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith.
Catechumen :: Catechumen (L. catechunenus, Gr. / instructed, from /. See) One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church..
Methodist :: Methodist (n.) One of a sect of Christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the Holy Club, formed at Oxford University, A.D. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were John Wesley and his brother Charles; -- originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties..
Antichristianly :: Antichristianly (adv.) In an antichristian manner.
Heretic :: Heretic (n.) One who having made a profession of Christian belief, deliberately and pertinaciously refuses to believe one or more of the articles of faith determined by the authority of the universal church..
Christian :: 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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