What does christian mean?
Christian means Uncommon spelling of Christian..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Uncommon spelling of Christian..
[…] I ſtopt ſhort, and, pocketting my ducats in a great hurry, took out ſome rials, approached the hat, that was expoſed for the reception of charity extorted from chriſtians by fear, and dropt them into it, one after another, that the beggar might ſee how nobly I uſed him.
Corinna then recollected, that in this very amphitheatre, the persecuted christians died victims of their perseverance, and shewing Lord Nelville the altars which are raised in honour of their ashes, as well as the path of the cross, which is trodden by penitents, at the foot of the most magnificent wrecks of worldly grandeur, asked him, if the ashes of martyrs conveyed no language to his heart?
John 13th, invented the christening and blessing of bells, which ceremonies must certainly have rendered these noisey things, more sonorous and pleasing to the pious ear of a good christian.
[…] a lector of water levels, most venerable Kevin, then effused thereby letting there be water where was theretofore dry land, by him so concreated, who now, confirmed a strong and perfect christian, blessed Kevin, exorcised his holy sister water, perpetually chaste, so that, well understanding, she should fill to midheight his tubbathaltar, which hanbathtub, most blessed Kevin, ninthly enthroned, […]
The most isolated christian […] does not come to God like the pagan mystic, as the alone to the Alone.
Hence the faithful christians will readily obey Christ, who is the ruler of justice in the community.
The first model offered by Campi, appropriately enough given the intense interest displayed by ecclesiastical eruditi of the period in the sufferings of the early christians, was that of the third-century martyr and preeminent patron of Piacenza: S. Antonino.
When I employ myſelf upon a paper of morality, I generally conſider how I may recommend the particular virtue which I treat of, by the precepts or examples of the ancient heathens; by that means, if poſſible, to ſhame thoſe who have greater advantages of knowing their duty, and therefore greater obligations to perform it, into a better courſe of life: beſides that many among us are unreaſonably diſpoſed to give a fairer hearing to a pagan philoſopher, than to a chriſtian writer.
Use christian when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Christian means Uncommon spelling of Christian..
Common synonyms include christly, christianly, christlike.
Possible antonyms include unchristian.
[…] I ſtopt ſhort, and, pocketting my ducats in a great hurry, took out ſome rials, approached the hat, that was expoſed for the reception of charity extorted from chriſtians by fear, and dropt them into it, one after another, that the beggar might ſee how nobly I uſed him.
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