Old Christiann.adj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d) ˈkrɪstʃ(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˌoʊl(d) ˈkrɪstʃən/

Forms: see old adj. and Christian n. Also with lower-case initial in the first element.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., Christian n.

Etymology: < old adj. + Christian n. In use as noun after Spanish cristiano viejo (1487 or earlier); compare New Christian n.

A. n.

In Spain, and subsequently other (chiefly southern European) countries: a person born into the Christian (esp. the Catholic) faith, as opposed to a convert. Cf. New Christian n. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. vii. 190 I am an olde Christian [Sp. Christiano viejo], and to be an Earle there is no more requisite.

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) III. 273 Descent from a family of Old Christians, untainted with any mixture of Jewish or Mahometan blood.

1820 C. R. Maturin Melmoth I. iii. 64 An old Christian, as the Spanish Catholics absurdly term themselves, to mark the distinction between them and the baptised Moors.

1868 ‘G. Elliot’ Spanish Gypsy i, in Coll. Poems (1989) 218 As to Abraham and Ishmaël, I'm an old Christian, and owe nought to them Or any Jew among them.

1932 C. Roth Hist. Marranos i. 37 These recent converts..or even their remoter descendants..were denominated New Christians (Nuevos Christianos) to distinguish them from the general population of ‘Old Christians’.

1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Jan. 14/3 Large numbers of these ‘New Christians’ intermixed with the ‘Old Christian’ population and lost any Jewish identity.

†B. adj.

U.S. Of or relating to a 19th-cent. Christian denomination. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Old Christian Church > [noun]

Old Christian1849

1849 E. Chamberlain Indiana Gazetteer (ed. 3) 175 Presbyterians, Methodists, United Brethren, Christian,..Old Christian, (or new Light) and Baptists.

1870 W. R. Holloway Indianapolis 76 The first [lectures] were given in the old Christian Church, on Kentucky Avenue, the last in the Lutheran Church, on Ohio street.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old christian
释义	Old Christiann.adj. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d) ˈkrɪstʃ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d) ˈkrɪstʃən/ Forms: see old adj. and Christian n. Also with lower-case initial in the first element. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., Christian n. Etymology: < old adj. + Christian n. In use as noun after Spanish cristiano viejo (1487 or earlier); compare New Christian n. A. n. In Spain, and subsequently other (chiefly southern European) countries: a person born into the Christian (esp. the Catholic) faith, as opposed to a convert. Cf. New Christian n. Now historical. ΚΠ 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iii. vii. 190 I am an olde Christian [Sp. Christiano viejo], and to be an Earle there is no more requisite. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) III. 273 Descent from a family of Old Christians, untainted with any mixture of Jewish or Mahometan blood. 1820 C. R. Maturin Melmoth I. iii. 64 An old Christian, as the Spanish Catholics absurdly term themselves, to mark the distinction between them and the baptised Moors. 1868 ‘G. Elliot’ Spanish Gypsy i, in Coll. Poems (1989) 218 As to Abraham and Ishmaël, I'm an old Christian, and owe nought to them Or any Jew among them. 1932 C. Roth Hist. Marranos i. 37 These recent converts..or even their remoter descendants..were denominated New Christians (Nuevos Christianos) to distinguish them from the general population of ‘Old Christians’. 1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Jan. 14/3 Large numbers of these ‘New Christians’ intermixed with the ‘Old Christian’ population and lost any Jewish identity. †B. adj. U.S. Of or relating to a 19th-cent. Christian denomination. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Old Christian Church > [noun] Old Christian1849 1849 E. Chamberlain Indiana Gazetteer (ed. 3) 175 Presbyterians, Methodists, United Brethren, Christian,..Old Christian, (or new Light) and Baptists. 1870 W. R. Holloway Indianapolis 76 The first [lectures] were given in the old Christian Church, on Kentucky Avenue, the last in the Lutheran Church, on Ohio street. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1612
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