Christian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Christian in British English:
UK [ˈkrɪstʃən]
How to pronounce Christian in American English:
US [ˈkrɪstʃən]
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- Adjective:
- following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ
Word Origin
- Christian
- Christian: [16] Christian is derived, of course, from the name of Christ. It is a surprisingly recent word, having been introduced in the 16th century from Latin Chrīstiānus, replacing the existing English adjective christen, which came from Old English crīsten. The latter was the basis of the Old English verb crīstnian, from which we get modern English christen.The name Christ itself was borrowed into Old English from Latin Chrīstus, which in turn came from Greek Khrīstós. This meant literally ‘anointed’, and came from the verb khríein ‘anoint’. It was a direct translation of Hebrew māshīah (source of English messiah), which also meant literally ‘anointed’. Christmas comes from late Old English crīstes mæsse, literally ‘Christ’s mass’.=> cretin
- Christian (n., adj.)
- 16c., forms replacing earlier Christen, from Old English cristen (noun and adjective), from a West Germanic borrowing of Church Latin christianus, from Ecclesiastical Greek christianos, from Christos (see Christ). First used in Antioch, according to Acts xi:25-26. Christian Science as the name of a religious sect is from 1863.
Example
- 1. He often refers to his christian faith .
- 2. A christian without a small group is an orphan .
- 3. No one can make himself a christian .
- 4. For christian conservatives , the biggest event on the summer calendar came on august 6th .
- 5. I was raised in a christian home .