even-Christiann.

Brit.

/ˌiːvnˈkrɪstʃ(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˌivənˈkrɪstʃən/

Forms:

α. see even adj.¹ and n.² and christen adj. and n.; also early Middle English eumcristin (transmission error, in Latin context), Middle English enenecristene (transmission error, in Latin context).

β. see even adj.¹ and n.² and Christian adj. and n.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with, or formed similarly to, Old Frisian ivinkerstena , Middle Dutch ēvenkerstijn , Middle Low German ēvenkristen , Old High German ebanchristāni (Middle High German ebenkristen ) < the Germanic base of even adj.¹ (compare even adj.¹ and n.² Compounds 2) + the Germanic base of christen adj. In β. forms remodelled after Christian n.In forms with eve- showing loss of -n- from simplification of the consonant cluster (compare forms at even adj.¹).

Now archaic and historical.

A fellow Christian; one's fellow Christian.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > person > [noun] > fellow

even-ChristianlOE

labour-fellow1526

lOE tr. Honorius Augustodunensis Elucidarium in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 141 Þæra manna tungen, þe wyrceð hatunge betweonen heora emcristene, & bliðelice specað yfel.

c1175 ( Leges Edwardi Confessoris: Version 3 (Paris) xxxvi. §5 in F. Liebermann Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1903) I. 668 Fratrem suum..quod Angli dicunt his emcristene [c1185 Rawl. emcristen].

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 149 Reuþe for his emcristenes wawe.

J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) l. 250 We have thurgh fals athes..willfalli gere our euen cristen Lese thaire patrimoyne.

c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 264 (MED) He schulde haue him in his state in ordeynd loue to god and to his euencristene.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §595 Worshipe of god, and helpyng of thyne euene cristene.

c1450 (?c1400) tr. Honorius Augustodunensis Elucidarium (1909) 29 (MED) Whi schulde not oþer men be chastised þat ben opynly false to god & to her euencristen, as false lawiers, & false iurours.

a1500 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Royal) in G. G. Perry Eng. Prose Treat. (1921) 21 Envy and ire ayene thyne even cristene.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 99 Some longe to god somme to oure selfe, and some to our euen crysten.

1544 Exhort. vnto Prayer sig. A.vii^v Brotherly loue..towarde all our euen christen.

a1555 H. Latimer Certayn Godly Serm. Lords Prayer in 27 Serm. (1562) vii. sig. H.iii^v To hate his euen christian, or to do other maner of sinnes.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 28 The more pitty that great folke should haue countnaunce..to drowne or hang themselues, more then theyr euen Christen.

1694 A. Clogie Vox Corvi 37 Those that take no care to maintain Love with their even Christians..make imperfect the Body of Christ.

1866 Nation (N.Y.) 18 May 633/2 Editors and reporters will henceforward..have to pay their way like their even Christians.

1886 J. Royce California vi. 478 The ‘land-speculators’..were..as greedy for gold as anybody in California, and were as such no more worthy of esteem than their even Christians.

1917 America 31 Mar. 607/2 Many..who would blush to be wanting in courtesy..in communicating face to face with their even-Christians, seem to forget their good manners when they use the phone.

1944 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 26 Apr. (1995) 74 I was pleased that you managed to get some church at the end of Holy Week, though not too pleased with your Even-christians (as they called 'em in O. & M.E.).

2002 C. Ronan in P. C. Kolin Othello 281 Like many of his even-Christians, Othello is also often open to multiple irreconcilable beliefs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	even-christian
释义	even-Christiann. Brit. /ˌiːvnˈkrɪstʃ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌivənˈkrɪstʃən/ Forms: α. see even adj.¹ and n.² and christen adj. and n.; also early Middle English eumcristin (transmission error, in Latin context), Middle English enenecristene (transmission error, in Latin context). β. see even adj.¹ and n.² and Christian adj. and n. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with, or formed similarly to, Old Frisian ivinkerstena , Middle Dutch ēvenkerstijn , Middle Low German ēvenkristen , Old High German ebanchristāni (Middle High German ebenkristen ) < the Germanic base of even adj.¹ (compare even adj.¹ and n.² Compounds 2) + the Germanic base of christen adj. In β. forms remodelled after Christian n.In forms with eve- showing loss of -n- from simplification of the consonant cluster (compare forms at even adj.¹). Now archaic and historical. A fellow Christian; one's fellow Christian. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > person > [noun] > fellow even-ChristianlOE labour-fellow1526 lOE tr. Honorius Augustodunensis Elucidarium in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 141 Þæra manna tungen, þe wyrceð hatunge betweonen heora emcristene, & bliðelice specað yfel. c1175 ( Leges Edwardi Confessoris: Version 3 (Paris) xxxvi. §5 in F. Liebermann Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1903) I. 668 Fratrem suum..quod Angli dicunt his emcristene [c1185 Rawl. emcristen]. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 149 Reuþe for his emcristenes wawe. J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) l. 250 We have thurgh fals athes..willfalli gere our euen cristen Lese thaire patrimoyne. c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 264 (MED) He schulde haue him in his state in ordeynd loue to god and to his euencristene. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §595 Worshipe of god, and helpyng of thyne euene cristene. c1450 (?c1400) tr. Honorius Augustodunensis Elucidarium (1909) 29 (MED) Whi schulde not oþer men be chastised þat ben opynly false to god & to her euencristen, as false lawiers, & false iurours. a1500 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Royal) in G. G. Perry Eng. Prose Treat. (1921) 21 Envy and ire ayene thyne even cristene. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 99 Some longe to god somme to oure selfe, and some to our euen crysten. 1544 Exhort. vnto Prayer sig. A.vii^v Brotherly loue..towarde all our euen christen. a1555 H. Latimer Certayn Godly Serm. Lords Prayer in 27 Serm. (1562) vii. sig. H.iii^v To hate his euen christian, or to do other maner of sinnes. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 28 The more pitty that great folke should haue countnaunce..to drowne or hang themselues, more then theyr euen Christen. 1694 A. Clogie Vox Corvi 37 Those that take no care to maintain Love with their even Christians..make imperfect the Body of Christ. 1866 Nation (N.Y.) 18 May 633/2 Editors and reporters will henceforward..have to pay their way like their even Christians. 1886 J. Royce California vi. 478 The ‘land-speculators’..were..as greedy for gold as anybody in California, and were as such no more worthy of esteem than their even Christians. 1917 America 31 Mar. 607/2 Many..who would blush to be wanting in courtesy..in communicating face to face with their even-Christians, seem to forget their good manners when they use the phone. 1944 J. R. R. Tolkien Let. 26 Apr. (1995) 74 I was pleased that you managed to get some church at the end of Holy Week, though not too pleased with your Even-christians (as they called 'em in O. & M.E.). 2002 C. Ronan in P. C. Kolin Othello 281 Like many of his even-Christians, Othello is also often open to multiple irreconcilable beliefs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.lOE
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