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# christian

«christian» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a person who believes in Jesus Christ and follows the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (Christian); noun (a Christian, Christians); name (Christian)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A Christian is a person who believes in Jesus Christ and follows the religion of Christianity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/christian/#m1)

2) (adjective) Christian describes things to do with this religion: Christian churches, Christian festivals such as Christmas and Easter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/christian/#m2)

3) Christian is also a boy's first name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/christian/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education lessons it names one of the world's major religions and its people, buildings and festivals. In stories it may be a character's name. Phrases: «a Christian church», «Christian name» (old-fashioned for first name).

### examples

- A Christian theologian, Johann Friedrich von Meyer D. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/christian/#x1)
- Hence this book was known already in the second or at the beginning of the third century of the Christian Era. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/christian/#x2)
- Elohim Chiim, then, apart from Jewish or Christian preconception, is " the living Gods," or '-'- the Gods of the lives, i.e., living ones." Rittangelius gives Dii viventes, " The living Gods," both words in the plural. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/christian/#x3)
- Many Christians go to church on Sundays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/christian/#x4)
- Christmas and Easter are Christian festivals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/christian/#x5)
- We learned about Christian, Jewish and Muslim celebrations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/christian/#x6)
- Christian sits next to me in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/christian/#x7)
- A church is a Christian place of worship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/christian/#x8)
- What is your Christian name? (old-fashioned) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/christian/#x9)

### note

Always a capital C. The religion is «Christianity». «Christian name» means first name; today «first name» is kinder to people of all faiths. Christ is pronounced «krist».

### In the corpora

- [In Christian teaching, God's forgiveness does not run out for someone who is truly sorry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church/20/)
- [Mediterranean galleys were often rowed by prisoners, captives and enslaved people, on both Christian and Muslim sides.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean/16/)
- [Rome left us roads, laws, the alphabet, the names of months, languages, buildings and the Christian church.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us/19/)
- [By the 1000s their lands were Christian kingdoms, and the Viking Age faded.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings/7/)
- [The Mongols let people of many religions worship freely, including Buddhists, Muslims and Christians, which helped them rule many different peoples.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/23-the-mongols/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «christian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/christian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.