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Christianadj.n.  Brit.  /ˈkrɪstʃ(ə)n/, /ˈkrɪstjən/, /ˈkrɪstɪən/, U.S. /ˈkrɪstʃən/ (in sense B. 5 only) Brit. /ˈkrʌɪstɪən/, U.S. /ˈkraɪstiən/Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French christian, cristian, cristien; Latin Chrīstiānus. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman cristian, Anglo-Norman and Middle French christian, christien, cristien (compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French crestien , Middle French chrestien , French chrétien ) (adjective) that professes the Christian faith (9th cent.), (noun) follower of Christ, adherent of the Christian religion (11th cent.), (in extended use) human being, person (late 14th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin Chrīstiānus (in post-classical Latin often written Xristianus) follower of Christ (usually in plural), in post-classical Latin also (adjective) of or relating to Christianity (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), following the teaching or example of Jesus (5th cent.), (noun) Christian priest or clergyman (5th cent.) < Chrīstus Christ n. + -iānus -ian suffix This word largely superseded the earlier christen adj., christen n.Compare Hellenistic Greek χριστιανός , noun (New Testament: Acts 11:26), Anglo-Norman cristien (from 12th cent.); also Old Occitan crestian , cristian (11th cent.), Catalan cristià (c1200), Portuguese cristão (13th cent.), Spanish cristiano , Italian cristiano (both 12th cent.), adjective and noun. Specific forms. With the β. forms compare post-classical Latin Christanus (5th cent.; rare). With the abbreviated form Xtian compare discussion at Christ n. and X n. 10. Specific senses. With most Christian at sense A. 1b compare post-classical Latin Christianissimus , used as a form of address (4th cent.). The French epithets of the King of France were Middle French crestien (early 15th cent.) and tres crestien (15th cent.; French très-Chrétien , now historical). Senses A. 5a and B. 2a are common in the Romance languages. In sense B. 4 after French bon-Chrétien (15th cent. in Middle French designating a variety of pear: see bon-chrétien n. at bon adj. c). Early use as surname. Attested earlier as a surname (e.g. Matheus Cristien, 1213), although this probably reflects currency of the Anglo-Norman rather than of the Middle English word. A. adj. 1. society > faith > sect > Christianity > person > [adjective] c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 1171 in C. Horstmann (1887) 140 He nolde nouȝt lie þat cristian he was. 1426 in F. J. Furnivall (1882) 74 (MED) Þat hit be sold..for my soule and all christian soules. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster sig. Kijv Suche landes as were hetherto vnknowen to the Christian men [L. Christianis]. 1590 R. Harvey sig. B3v Likening Christian folks to dogs. 1600 W. Shakespeare iv. i. 292 These be the christian husbands. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes ii. xxvi. 150 Christian States punish those that revolt from Christian Religion. 1704 R. Nelson (ed. 2) i. vii. 85 The whole Christian Church has distinguished him by that Character. 1827 J. Keble I. ii. 7 The Rulers of this Christian land. 1856 P. E. Dove iv. ii. 226 In the Christian missionary and the Christian martyr, we have some of the noblest specimens of..self-abnegation. 1937 A. G. Hebert i. 3 The assembly of the Christian community for the worship of God. 2010 17 Sept. 12/4 I know Christian people who do not attend church because their experience has been that it is predisposed to a model they find infantilising. society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [adjective] > specific epithets for persons of rank > for royalty or other exalted personages > for kings of France 1442 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1442 §17. m. 10 The most blissid and gracious disposicion of oure most Cristien soveraigne lorde the kynge. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus I. Mark: Pref. f. ijv To the moste christian prince Frauncis the Frenche Kinge, the first of that name, Erasmus of Roterodame sendeth greting. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio 90 They pleaded against the most Christian Queene, that her pretention was improbable. 1744 E. Young 19 O Thou most Christian Enemy to Peace! 1751 J. Brown 34 Religious criticism hath made but little progress among the subjects of the most Christian king. 1861 W. M. Thackeray i. 30 His Most Christian Majesty and his court. 2016 (Nexis) 22 Oct. 12 The Most Catholic King of Spain joined with the schismatic Henry against the Most Christian King of France. society > faith > sect > Christianity > [adjective] c1432 in (1934) 49 457 (MED) Comun traytures..lete dude wryte diuers fals bulles and fals scriptures..in grete offens..of dignite of corowne regal and derision of Xristian feiþ. 1442 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1442 §32. m. 3 Thei that bee..helpers to the enemyes of the Cristien feith. 1597 R. Hooker v. lxvii. 180 That wherewith..all Christian confessions [are] agreeable. 1603 W. Shakespeare v. i. 1 I say no, she ought not to be buried In christian buriall. 1689 W. Fleetwood 12 The indigestible Difficulties of the Christian Creed. 1778 i. 13 These..are the essentials of christian belief or religious truth. 1849 J. Ruskin vi. 166 That Christian worship which was..to supersede the idolatry..of the pagan. 1966 9 June 835/2 A Latin cross is a more obviously Christian symbol. 2015 27 June c7/2 The Christian doctrine of original sin, then, isn't some irrelevant relic from the days of Puritanism. society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [adjective] 1526 R. Whitford tr. facing f. j I beseche you of your christyan fauour & charitable prayer. 1597 R. Hooker v. lvii. 127 The mutuall exercise of christian charitie. 1655 T. Fuller ix. 185 Even the Heathen Romans were so Christian, that..no Vestal Virgin or Flamen of Jupiter was restrained to swear. 1708 Ld. Shaftesbury 9 [A] truly Christian Prelate. 1854 H. Miller xvii The people of Scotland were..considerably more Christian than the larger part of their schoolmasters. 1866 H. P. Liddon iii That supply of light, of love, and of resolve, which enriches..the Christian soul. 1922 J. Joyce ii. xii. [Cyclops] 296 The learned prelate..knelt in a most christian spirit in a pool of rainwater, his cassock above his hoary head. 1950 W. H. Auden (1951) iii. 100 He exhibits Christian forgiveness and Christian agape without the slightest effort. 2018 (Nexis) 30 Oct. She was praised for behaving in a compassionate and Christian manner. 1531 tr. E. Fox et al. vi. f. 134 We haue shewed, that holy & deuoute christian eares [L. aurium sanctitatem], do abhorre it, and can not suffre to here it spoken. 1600 W. Shakespeare iv. i. 307 If thou doost shed one drop of Christian blood. View more context for this quotation 1694 (1711) i. 51 Some Christian Ship had been here. 1751 T. Pellow 22 A great deal of Iron work, some Espades, and other Christian Swords. 1874 J. R. Green i. §3. 27 The enthusiasm for the Christian God, faith in whom had been bought so dearly. 1964 25 Dec. 40/3 Some of the medieval age's greatest treasures are its books of hours... These Christian almanacs are crammed with prayers, psalms, and calendars of saints' days. 2018 (Nexis) 22 Dec. The oldest surviving Christian building in India is the St. Thomas Church at Palayoor (Kerala). 5. the world > people > [adjective] > opposed to animals or objects 1551 11 May (single sheet) A certain kinde of people, that liue onely for themselfes, &..neither respect God, King, the suertye of his maiesties Croune, nor any other Christian creature. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach iii. f. 156 This medecine wyl also remedy a christian creature [L. hominibus]. 1778 A. Carrion i. 2 I own it almost makes me rave, To see a Blockhead dig a Grave,..An ugly, inconvenient Hole, More fit for Dog, than Christian Soul! 1828 Sept. 295/1 A poor dumb despised dog..without shout or signal—for all the Christian creatures were alike heedless and helpless in their despair—..brought the noble child ashore. 1899 D. Maclure vi. 52 He reminded me more of a savage animal driven into toils, than a Christian creature. 1988 J. Isherwood 101 He was too tall, too limber and so sure of himself, more a deer than a Christian being. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] > respectable > of things 1617 R. P. iii. sig. D6v At the feast and table of the Lord, euery Christian must haue a comely and Christian garment, such as may please God through Christ. 1682 T. D'Urfey 76 Christian breeches without hole. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose vi, in 3rd Ser. IV. 137 Had you been to fight with any christian weapons [rather than Numidian bows and arrows]. 1911 R. Besier i. 27 This Russian mess ain't a Christian drink. I can't think how you can swallow it. 1946 H. Krause iii. xi. 218 About time you got some Christian food into your stomach. 2005 L. Marcum xvi. 215 She started screamin' at 'im, tellin' 'im if he can't get home at a decent Christian hour he can by God sleep somewhere else. B. n.society > faith > sect > Christianity > person > [noun] society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [noun] > person c1330 (?a1300) (Auch.) (1973) l. 6907 Of þe heþen men Were yslawe swiche ten Þan were of our Cristiens. ?a1425 (?a1350) T. Castleford (1996) II. l. 23658 Ane oste he gadrede, of diuerse landes..Of paigienes and of Cristienes, Alle melde togider he þam maintenes. ?1535 tr. M. Luther sig. l.iiiiv Yf thou be not moued to pytie and complaynte, by so many troubles & myseryes,..thou hast no poynt of a christyan in the. 1582 Acts xi. 26 So that the disciples were at Antioche first named Christians [earlier versions Christen; Wyclif 1388 Cristen men]. 1600 W. Shakespeare iii. i. 63 If a Iewe wrong a Christian, what is his humillity, reuenge? View more context for this quotation 1615 Bp. J. Hall Imprese of God i, in 661 It is reason that makes vs men, but it is holines that makes vs Christians. 1743 E. Young 44 Christian is the highest Stile of Man. 1777 W. Robertson (1783) III. 273 Descent from a family of Old Christians, untainted with any mixture of Jewish or Mahometan blood. 1882 F. W. Farrar II. 500 To be a Christian is to act as Christ acted. 1952 C. S. Lewis Pref. p. ix May not many a man who cannot believe these doctrines be far more truly a Christian, far closer to the spirit of Christ, than some who do? 2015 16 May c1/3 The loss of a meaningful Christian presence in the Middle East could further polarize relations between Christians and Muslims around the world. 2. the world > people > person > [noun] > distinguished from animal or thing a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 270 Shee hath more qualities then a Water-Spaniell, which is much in a bare Christian . View more context for this quotation 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury III. Misc. ii. ii. 87 The word Christian is in common Language us'd for Man, in opposition to Brute-Beast, without leaving so much as a middle place for the poor Heathen or Pagan. 1749 H. Fielding IV. xii. iii. 208 A fitter Food for a Horse than a Christian . View more context for this quotation 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose iii, in 3rd Ser. IV. 55 [The] sagacious quadruped..walked in and out of the boat with the discretion of a Christian. 1870 Jan. 220/2 That cute old horse—bless him! He's jest as sensible as a Christian, and better than half of us is. 1884 R. Holland (1886) 66 Dunna give it to th' dog; its fit for a Christian to eat. 1977 J. Plunkett 281 The dog was as cute as a christian and whenever a stranger came into Tim's it used to go over, plant its skinny chin on the stranger's lap and look up. 1996 S. Moylan 65 You'd pity any poor Christian would be out of a night like this. the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [noun] > respectability > person 1693 W. Congreve iv. iii. 35 The Truth on't is, I did endeavour to make her [sc. a country-girl] look like a Christian. a1732 J. Gay (1754) i When the Corporation feast is at our house..one would methinks appear a little like a Christian. 1844 C. Dickens xxxiv. 409 You must take your passage like a Christian; at least, as like a Christian as a fore-cabin passenger can. 1861 P. Guiney Let. 20 Aug. in (1998) 43 No mirror—no toilet table—no bed fit for a Christian, no sofa, lounge or cain-bottom chair. 1978 E. Cross 50 I will answer no more questions till the gentleman puts away the lemonade and has a glass of whiskey with me like a Christian. 2005 E. Kelton ii. xvii. 184 We been there, plumb out past Natchitoches to the Sabine River, with Texas across on the other side. I'm telling you, it ain't no fit place for a Christian. the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun] 1622 7 Not farre from this place we found the remainder of an old Fort,..which as we conceiued had beene made by some Christians. 1709 J. Lawson 117 No Man, either Christian or Indian, has ever kill'd a She-bear with Young. 1838 Dec. 800/2 Cassena..is still used by the ‘Christians’ or whites wherever it grows. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > other types of the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > plum > other types of plum the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > pear > [noun] > other types of pear the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > other types of 1629 J. Parkinson 576 The Christian plum, called also the Nutmeg plum. 1651 N. Bacon vi. 53 Like a Christian that seldom endures long after his full ripenesse [note, He means the Pear, so called]. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet xxii. 211 The least nourishing [Plums] (though some of them taste not unpleasantly, especially the Christian-plum) are Bullices, Christians, Prunellaes, Skegs and Horseplums. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie i. iii. i. 80 All which summ'd up together, excites in me so much Consideration for the Good Christian or Boncretien-pear, that I think I should do a kind of Injustice if I should refuse it the Place of a First Dwarf-pear-tree. 1725 N. Blundell Diary 19 July in (1972) III. 162 Jackson Inoculated four Pear Stocks with Buds of the Christian Pear and three of the Bell Pear. 1819 M. O. Forman Diary 5 Mar. in (1976) 78 I yesterday eat a good Christian Pear in high perfection. 1985 E. B. Vitz 13 Tarte renversée aux poires bon chrétien... Here is..a lovely French ‘upside-down’ tart, made of ‘Good Christian’ pears. 5. As a denominational name. 1815 S. J. Mills & D. Smith 19 There was even a man of the New England sect of Christ-ians preaching and distributing books in this and the adjacent Territory. 1868 6 June Baptists, Methodists, Unitarians of both schools, Christ-ians, Universalists. 1943 G. Wilson ix. 197 The Methodists, the Baptists, and the Christians were our three denominations, with congregations at or near Fidelity. 2012 D. B. Jenkins iv. 57 The Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, and Christians or Disciples of Christ were denominations that built sanctuaries in Murphy. society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > [noun] > person 1951 tr. Yang Nun-an in 17 Sept. 13 Since May, rallies have been held by Catholics and Christians in more than 40 large and small cities throughout the nation. 1983 S. Ponnambalam iv. 104 The ‘Sinhala-only’ policy was created and articulated mainly by the Karava, supported by the Catholics and Christians. 2019 (Nexis) 6 Sept. If you are a Catholic or a Christian, you are serving God in whatever behaviour you show to others. Compounds1555 J. Old x. sig. C6 Those that folowe this lawe, we commaunde to take vpon them and embrace the name of christian catholikes. 1613 W. Cowper sig. A6v C. The Lord by his Gospell hath called vs to bee Christian Catholikes. R. That is also a new stile of your owne, that you will bee called Christian Catholikes. 1704 III. xv. 497 These are called Christian Royalists, or Fifth-Monarchy-Men. 1885 198 Persons described as: Christian Army. Christian Believers. Christian Brethren. Christian Disciples. Christian Eliasites. Christian Evangelists. Christian Israelites. Christian Mission. Christian Pioneers. Christian Soldiers. Christian Teetotallers. Christian Temperance Men. Christian Unionists. Free Christian Association. United Christian Army. United Christian Church. 2018 (Nexis) 8 Aug. The Bible is the premier book for members of the Christian Anabaptist faith. 1598 F. Hastings 126 Hauing aduentured to make this rude collection of a matter most necessarie to be vnderstoode, and thought of, by al true christian harted English-men. 1798 S. T. Coleridge (1956) I. 370 He is a sensible, christian-hearted man. 1840 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke I. i. ii. 72 In such a state of things, genuine Christian-mindedness and faith were out of the question. 1880 R. D. Blackmore xlix A selfishness..by no means Christian-minded. 1929 12 July 1/1 This world cannot be a White-controlled world and a Christian-controlled world. 1994 24 Dec. 40/3 Teresa..started a Christian-oriented bulletin board system. C3. the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > ale for specific occasions 1640 H. Glapthorne ii. sig. C2 He has used to goe to Pimblico, And spend ten groats in Cakes and Christian Ale. 1642 Virgins' Compl. in 14 July 1866 To eat cakes and drink Christian ale on holy daies. the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > other historical periods 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius i. i, in 3 The auncientrie and dignitie of Christian Antiquitie, shal against them be declared. 1768 Feb. 116 Clement's epistle to the Corinthians, which is..esteemed a valuable piece of christian antiquity. 1995 G. J. C. v. 345 The custom of regarding relic-water as having healing properties dates from as early as Christian antiquity. society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > Roman Catholic sects and groups > [noun] > Christian Democrat society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] > specific parties or groups in Europe generally > members of 1840 22 Oct. The Christian Democrat.—Such is the title of a neat weekly sheet of medium size, just issued in this city by Mr. Michael H. Barton. 1947 30 Dec. 5/3 The Christian Democrats looked forward to a West German government dominated by themselves and the Liberals. 2014 7 Jan. 15/5 A ‘grand coalition’ that was stitched together between her [sc. Angela Merkel's] Christian Democrats and the centre-Left Social Democrats. society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [adjective] > specific parties or groups in Europe generally society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > Roman Catholic sects and groups > [adjective] > Christian Democrat 1842 F. Byrdsall Pref. p. v The Equal Rights party [was] encouraged to have a deeper love for Christian Democratic principles, to seek more knowledge of them, and to find a more abiding faith in them. 1916 D. H. Lawrence 7 Apr. (1932) 343 Now it is time for us to leave our Christian-democratic epoch. 2007 23 Mar. 35/1 What is astonishing is that he is a Christian, the leader of the Christian Democratic party, in one of the most secularised places in the world. the world > time > period > [noun] > of the world or history > specific eras or ages 1636 J. Browning iv. 100 The first Synod that ever was..in the 34. yeare of our Christian Æra. 1777 W. Robertson (1778) I. i. 10 About six hundred and four years before the Christian æra. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato II. 468 In the first centuries of the Christian era. 2019 (Nexis) 24 Jan. a6 For the first two centuries of the Christian era, burial was tenaciously held as the distinctive Christian custom and remained so until well into the nineteenth century. 1861 Apr. 379 Following the example of Erasmus, Reuchlin, Melancthon, Zwingle, and many others, she [sc. the Church] made the humanism that had been newly Christianised into a truly Christian humanism. 1883 5 May 550/2 The vast social good that it [sc. the Church of England] has done by creating a standard which no other country possesses of Christian humanism. 1893 2 623 Melanchthon is the best representative of Christian Humanism. 1982 R. Brown & D. Bennett I. 383/1 While his early fiction considered social realism and Marxism as possible responses to man's difficulties, since the mid-thirties he has found his solution in Christian humanism. 2000 E. Cameron in A. Hastings et al. 399/2 Above all, Luther's campaign to reform academic theology..struck a chord with contemporary Christian humanism. the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > first name > Christian name 1542 N. Udall in tr. Erasmus f. 305v The Romaines for the moste parte..had three names, the first was called Praenomen, the forename, as Marcus, whiche we dooe call the christian name. 1549 H. Latimer 3rd Serm. sig. Gvv Nowe a dayes they call theym gentle rewardes, let them leue theire colouringe, and call them by theyr christian name Brybes. 1605 W. Camden i. 32 The giving of Surnames for Christian names first began in the time of king Edward the sixt. 1823 C. Lamb Mackery End in 179 We..were familiar, even to the calling each other by our Christian Names. 2019 (Nexis) 3 Mar. 13 We [sc. Australians] add Os to Christian names, now known as given names. Stephen becomes Stevo, John and Jonathan becomes Johno. 1810 Aug. 188/2 Our immortal Nelson.., after whom one of Admiral Young's grandsons has been Christian-named Horatio. 1847 W. M. Thackeray (1848) xx. 176 The girls Christian-named each other. a1917 W. De Morgan (1919) v. 53 Of course he can Christian-name her by special arrangement. Only, he must call Nancy Miss Fraser, unless she consents to be ‘Nancied’ by him. 1967 30 Mar. 3/6 Smooth advertising executives paraded their smiles..and Christian-named on all four cylinders. 1998 4 May 71/1 Monsieur [Arsene] Wenger, the manager who might have been Christian-named after the club, has altered the Arsenal ethos completely. 1842 26 Sept. 5/5 Webster acted the magnificently Christian-named Dibbs, and would have made it an excellent character had the prompter been less audible. 1866 J. Ruskin Pref. 21 Every separately Christian-named portion of the ruinous heap [of the slain]. society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > other parties society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the right 1947 R. Niebuhr in Autumn 488 The ‘Christian right’ on the continent, such as the French MRP for instance, is socialistic by comparison with American political thought, whether right or left. 1967 G. Thayer ix. 217 The activities of the four major Christian right groups—Billy James Hargis' Christian Crusade, [etc.]. 1979 J. K. Cooley in P. E. Haley & L. W. Snider 38 Syrian Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam, fearing partition might be the goal of the Christian Right.., issued a solemn warning. 1989 S. Diamond iii. 84 Most media and activist attention on the Christian Right has focused on the movement's efforts to outlaw abortion, to legislate against gay rights, to reinstitute prayer in public schools and to censor textbooks. 2005 (Nexis) 7 Dec. a6 Abortion, gay people's rights and..euthanasia..are given an absolute ‘No’ by the Christian right. They want their decision on these subjects to become universal across the country. society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > rock > types of 1969 S. Kirban i. 35 At some evangelistic crusades ‘Christian rock’ music and psychedelic lights are used to lure the youth to Christ. Is the Word of God so weak that it needs such crutches? 2011 D. Nantais i. 21 Christian rock draws..much criticism, because it sometimes appears to sacrifice musical quality in order to evangelize. 1838 Apr. 220 [They] blame me for my preferring Christ to Mr. Owen, and Christian Socialism to the five-fact-socialism. 1850 13 Mar. 5/2 The infection of..‘Christian Socialism’ is spreading to Whitehall. 2018 (Nexis) 27 Nov. At the heart of her radical Christian socialism was her feeling of community. society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > [noun] > other types of socialism > adherents of 1838 15 Dec. 7/1 Remarks on the necessity of immediately reviving Primitive Christianity and Community of Goods. By a Christian Socialist. 1856 E. B. Browning v. 207 A Christian socialist, Is Romney Leigh. 2018 (Nexis) 11 Dec. 27 Russell was a Christian Socialist who campaigned for the Labour Party. a1861 A. H. Clough (1964) 245 Even could you Christian-socialize all England, there would still be found in the national Agapemone-Phalanstère a good deal of drunkenness and violence. 1884 F. Maurice II. 41 His great wish was to Christianise Socialism, not to Christian-socialise the Universe. 1970 Jan. 20 Ludlow saw socialism as a manifestation of righteousness expressed in new laws and institutions and wished to ‘Christian Socialize’ mankind. Derivatives 1639 H. Knolleys in (1880) I. 19 I apprehended that they dealt not Christianwise with me in not suffering me to set down within their pattent, because I differed from them in my judgment. 1856 J. W. Warter II. 292 In what way Southey wished the Catechism taught..not parrotwise, but Christianwise. 1924 1 Mar. 620/1 In certain cities the number of different churches would be amusing were their significance less unpleasant Christianwise. 1984 R. Cusack 149 Can you not lean a little towards each other, co-operate Christianwise for once? 2016 (Nexis) 8 Nov. 32 When I went to the old city in Jerusalem years ago, I had only the vaguest notion of what to expect Christian-wise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). christianv.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Christian adj. Etymology: < Christian adj., partly as an alteration of christen v. Now rare. society > faith > sect > Christianity > conversion to Christianity > convert [verb (transitive)] 1534 tr. i. f. 8 Them that be cathecumini, that is to saye newely instructed in the fayth of Chryste to be christiened. 1565 W. Allen f. 205 He was bothe Christianed and buried in the vnity of the Romane Churche. a1626 A. Lake (1629) iii. 39 How barbarous other countries, yea our own countrey was before it was christianed. 1661 J. Cragge ii. 54 Augustine, and his Companions, were not the first Converters of the Saxons, whose Queen Berta was Christianed long before. 1720 C. Morris 3 Mar. (1934) 78 My nephew Bragge came..to be Godfather to Morris Burland who was Christian'd at the Cathedral betwixt 3 & 4. 1880 J. S. Stallybrass tr. J. Grimm I. xiii. 269 Into the same ‘furious host’..were adopted the souls of infants dying unbaptized; not having been christian'd, they remained heathen, and fell to heathen gods, to Wuotan or to Hulda. 1992 R. A. Sundstrom 28 The child was christianed with the family name Francis. Derivatives ?1547 tr. Erasmus sig. B.iij This is and ought to be vnto all christianed men a foundacion immoueable. 1605 W. Symonds vi. 67 Confessing Christianed Rome to be the whore truely. 1931 J. C. Snaith ii. i. 169 On my hoath, your worship, as a Christianed man. 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