christian

Adjective
  1. Relating to or characteristic of Christianity (synset 302963612)
    "Christian rites"
    referred to in: faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
  2. Following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ (synset 300412086)
    similar to:
Noun
  1. A religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination (synset 109697405)
    is a type of: religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity
    subtypes:
    • adventist, second adventist - a member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ
    • gentile - a Christian
    • gentile, goy, non-jew - a Christian as contrasted with a Jew
    • protestant - an adherent of Protestantism
    • friend, quaker - a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
    • catholic - a member of a Catholic church
    • old catholic - a member of the church formed in the 19th century by German Catholics who refused to accept the infallibility of the Pope
    • copt - a member of the Coptic Church
    • apostle - (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel
    • apostelic father, apostle - any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people
    • arianist - an adherent of Arianism (the belief that Jesus Christ was not truly God)
    • born-again christian - a Christian who has experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus
    • communicant - a person entitled to receive Communion
    • melchite, melkite - an Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriarchate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem
    • melchite, melkite - an eastern Christian in Egypt or Syria who adheres to the Orthodox faith as defined by the council of Chalcedon in 451 and as accepted by the Byzantine emperor
    • nazarene - an early name for any Christian
    • shaker - a member of Christian group practicing celibacy and communal living and common possession of property and separation from the world
    • tractarian - a follower of Tractarianism and supporter of the Oxford movement (which was expounded in pamphlets called `Tracts for the Times')
    specific instances:
    • timothy - a disciple of Saint Paul who became the leader of the Christian community at Ephesus
    • titus - a Greek disciple and helper of Saint Paul
    belongs to: christian church, church - one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

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