pre-Christianadj.

Brit.

/priːˈkrɪstʃ(ə)n/, U.S.

/priˈkrɪstʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, Christian adj.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + Christian adj. Compare slightly earlier ante-Christian adj. at ante- prefix 2b(a)(ii).

1. Of, dating from, or relating to the time before the birth of Christ or the Christian era; before Christ.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > pre- or post-Christian

ante-Christian1820

post-apostolical1827

pre-Christian1828

post-apostolic1829

1828 G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy II. iii. i. 39 A circumstance, itself fixed..to the middle of the seventh prechristian century.

1885 J. M. Ludlow in Homilet. Rev. Apr. 281 The Talmud and Targums..preserve for us the records of the opinions..of the pre-Christian age.

1916 Sci. Monthly July 57 The oath of Hippocrates is a noble document... Composed as it was in times long pre-Christian, it is to-day as worthy a guide for the conduct of the physician as can be found in any literature.

1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 1211/1 The Samaritan Pentateuch, a slightly divergent form of the Pentateuch in Hebrew, current since pre-Christian times among the Samaritans.

1999 R. E. Guiley Encycl. Witches & Witchcraft (ed. 2) 356/2 ‘Modranacht’ is a pre-Christian Anglo-Saxon term for ‘Mother Night.’

2. Of or relating to a time before the introduction or local prevalence of Christianity.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > [adjective] > prior to

pre-Christian1860

pre-Christianic1883

1860 N.Y. Times 6 Aug. 5/4 The rude stone implements..found in the most ancient and pre-Christian graves of Britain and the North of Europe.

1886 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. Great Brit. & Irel. 15 230 In those pre-Christian times they [sc. the Lapps] were nature-worshippers and Shamanists, who peopled the heavens above and the regions below with a hierarchy of supernatural deities.

1917 Geogr. Jrnl. 49 334 It can hardly have represented any of the numerous feather headdresses of pre-Christian days.

1970 J. Brown Un-melting Pot v. 76 The household gods have had a central place in Yugoslav life since pre-Christian times.

1991 Daily Tel. 5 Apr. 17/3 Followers of the Odinic Rite, who worship the pagan gods of pre-Christian Britain.

Derivatives

ˌpre-Christiˈanic adj. = sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > [adjective] > prior to

pre-Christian1860

pre-Christianic1883

1883 J. F. M'Lennan in Encycl. Brit. XV. 89/2 The loupgarou..fell back into his pre-Christianic position of being simply a ‘man-wolf-fiend’.

2002 Marriage Classical Athens in soc.culture.greek (Usenet newsgroup) 24 May Some modern..Greek traditions showing our connections to pre-Christianic times.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pre-christian
释义	pre-Christianadj. Brit. /priːˈkrɪstʃ(ə)n/, U.S. /priˈkrɪstʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, Christian adj. Etymology: < pre- prefix + Christian adj. Compare slightly earlier ante-Christian adj. at ante- prefix 2b(a)(ii). 1. Of, dating from, or relating to the time before the birth of Christ or the Christian era; before Christ. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > pre- or post-Christian ante-Christian1820 post-apostolical1827 pre-Christian1828 post-apostolic1829 1828 G. S. Faber Sacred Cal. Prophecy II. iii. i. 39 A circumstance, itself fixed..to the middle of the seventh prechristian century. 1885 J. M. Ludlow in Homilet. Rev. Apr. 281 The Talmud and Targums..preserve for us the records of the opinions..of the pre-Christian age. 1916 Sci. Monthly July 57 The oath of Hippocrates is a noble document... Composed as it was in times long pre-Christian, it is to-day as worthy a guide for the conduct of the physician as can be found in any literature. 1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 1211/1 The Samaritan Pentateuch, a slightly divergent form of the Pentateuch in Hebrew, current since pre-Christian times among the Samaritans. 1999 R. E. Guiley Encycl. Witches & Witchcraft (ed. 2) 356/2 ‘Modranacht’ is a pre-Christian Anglo-Saxon term for ‘Mother Night.’ 2. Of or relating to a time before the introduction or local prevalence of Christianity. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > [adjective] > prior to pre-Christian1860 pre-Christianic1883 1860 N.Y. Times 6 Aug. 5/4 The rude stone implements..found in the most ancient and pre-Christian graves of Britain and the North of Europe. 1886 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. Great Brit. & Irel. 15 230 In those pre-Christian times they [sc. the Lapps] were nature-worshippers and Shamanists, who peopled the heavens above and the regions below with a hierarchy of supernatural deities. 1917 Geogr. Jrnl. 49 334 It can hardly have represented any of the numerous feather headdresses of pre-Christian days. 1970 J. Brown Un-melting Pot v. 76 The household gods have had a central place in Yugoslav life since pre-Christian times. 1991 Daily Tel. 5 Apr. 17/3 Followers of the Odinic Rite, who worship the pagan gods of pre-Christian Britain. Derivatives ˌpre-Christiˈanic adj. = sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > [adjective] > prior to pre-Christian1860 pre-Christianic1883 1883 J. F. M'Lennan in Encycl. Brit. XV. 89/2 The loupgarou..fell back into his pre-Christianic position of being simply a ‘man-wolf-fiend’. 2002 Marriage Classical Athens in soc.culture.greek (Usenet newsgroup) 24 May Some modern..Greek traditions showing our connections to pre-Christianic times. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1828
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