[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
christian commission commission christian court ecclesiastical court christian endeavor, young people's society of christian era 
christian name 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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, krimacs"chan.
         1913 webster
see also:
christ disciples of christ campbellites christian connection 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

christian
     adj 1: relating to or characteristic of christianity; "christian
            rites"
     2: following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or
        spirit of jesus christ ant: unchristian
     n : a religious person who believes jesus is the christ and who
         is a member of a christian denomination
see also:
unchristian 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

166 moby thesaurus words for "christian":
   christianlike, christianly, christlike, christly, god-fearing man,
   nazarene, nazarite, accepted, accepter, adoring, affectionate,
   approved, authentic, authoritative, becoming, befitting, believer,
   believing, benign, benignant, blameless, brotherly, burgher,
   canonical, catechumen, churchgoer, churchite, churchman, civilized,
   clean, communicant, compassionate, conventional, convert, correct,
   creditable, cultish, cultist, cultistic, customary,
   daily communicant, decent, devoted, devotee, devotionalist, devout,
   disciple, done, dutiful, erect, estimable, ethical, evangelical,
   exemplary citizen, fair, faithful, fanatic, firm, follower,
   fraternal, full of integrity, good, good christian, good citizen,
   good neighbor, gracious, high-minded, high-principled,
   highly respectable, honest, honorable, human, humane, immaculate,
   inviolate, irreproachable, just, kind, kindhearted, kindly,
   kindly-disposed, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, literal,
   loving, manly, moral, neophyte, nice, noble, of the faith,
   orthodox, orthodoxical, pietist, pietistic, pillar of society,
   pious, prayerful, principled, proper, proselyte, pure, received,
   receiver, religionist, religious, reputable, respectable,
   respectable citizen, reverent, reverential, right, right-minded,
   righteous, saint, scriptural, seemly, softhearted, solemn, sound,
   spotless, stainless, standard, sterling, sympathetic, sympathizing,
   tender, tenderhearted, textual, theist, theistic, traditional,
   traditionalistic, true, true christian, true-blue, true-dealing,
   true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited,
   truehearted, truster, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted,
   undefiled, unimpeachable, unspotted, unstained, unsullied,
   untarnished, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, venerational,
   venerative, virtuous, votary, warm, warmhearted, worshipful,
   worthy, yeomanly, zealot

[5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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.
   

[6] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

christian, n.  one who believes that the new testament is a divinely
inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. 
one who follows the teachings of christ in so far as they are not
inconsistent with a life of sin.

    i dreamed i stood upon a hill, and, lo
    the godly multitudes walked to and fro
    beneath, in sabbath garments fitly clad,
    with pious mien, appropriately sad,
    while all the church bells made a solemn din --
    a fire-alarm to those who lived in sin.
    then saw i gazing thoughtfully below,
    with tranquil face, upon that holy show
    a tall, spare figure in a robe of white,
    whose eyes diffused a melancholy light.
    "god keep you, strange," i exclaimed.  "you are
    no doubt your habit shows it from afar;
    and yet i entertain the hope that you,
    like these good people, are a christian too."
    he raised his eyes and with a look so stern
    it made me with a thousand blushes burn
    replied -- his manner with disdain was spiced:
    "what  i a christian?  no, indeed  i'm christ."
                                                                  g.j.

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

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
   headwords:
    christian
    christian, ky
    christian county
    christian county, ky

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

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
   headwords:
    christian
    christian, il
    christian county
    christian county, il

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

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
   headwords:
    christian
    christian, mo
    christian county
    christian county, mo

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