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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Christian \Chris"tian\, a. {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. Christian Era \Christian Era\ The era in use in all Christian countries, which was intended to commence with the birth of Christ. The era as now established was first used by Dionysius Exiguus (died about 540), who placed the birth of Christ on the 25th of December in the year of Rome 754, which year he counted as 1 a. d. This date for Christ's birth is now generally thought to be about four years too late. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Christian \Chris"tian\, a. 1. Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as Christian people. 3. Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as a Christian court. --Blackstone. 4. Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind kindly; gentle; beneficent. The graceful tact; the Christian art. --Tennyson. {Christian Commission}. See under {Commission}. {Christian court}. Same as {Ecclesiastical court}. {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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Christian \Chris"tian\, n. [L. christianus Gr ?; cf AS cristen. See {Christ}.] 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. The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. --Acts xi 26. 2. One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system. 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. Note: In this sense often pronounced, but not by the members of the sects, kr[=i]s"chan. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Christian adj 1: (religion) relating to or characteristic of Christianity; "Christian rites" [syn: {Christian}] 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 is a member of a Christian denomination [syn: {Christian}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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). From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: 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.
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