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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,664 words match “RIST”

CHRISTIANISM n. 2 definitions

The Christian religion. [Obs.] Milton.

CHRISTIANITE n. 2 definitions

Same as Anorthite. [R.]

CHRISTIANITY n. 3 definitions

The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.

CHRISTIANIZATION n.

The act or process of converting or being converted to a true Christianity.

CHRISTIANIZE v. 3 definitions

To make Christian; to convert to Christianity; as, to Christianize pagans.

CHRISTIANLIKE a.

Becoming to a Christian. A virtuous and a Christianlike conclusion. Shak.

CHRISTIANLY adv. 2 definitions

In a manner becoming the principles of the Christian religion. Sufferings . . . patiently and Christianly borne. Sharp.

CHRISTIANNESS n.

Consonance with the doctrines of Christianity. [Obs.] Hammond.

Without faith in Christ; unchristian. Tennyson.

Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc. -- Christ"like`ness, n.

Christlike. H. Bushnell.

ch festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. Christmas box. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young pe…

CHRISTMASTIDE n.

The season of Christmas.

CHRISTOCENTRIC a.

Making Christ the center, about whom all things are grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central object of thought or emotion. J. W. Chadwick.

A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.

See Chrisom. [Obs.] Shak.

CHRISTOPHANY n.

An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion.

A maker of cider. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Pertaining, or adapted, to the cithara.

COLEOPTERIST n.

One versed in the study of the Coleoptera.