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1. Christian  (noun) 
a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination



  More Specific:
Adventist / Second Adventist - a member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ
Gentile / non-Jew / goy - in this sense `Gentile'' denotes 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
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
Melkite / Melchite - an Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriachate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem
Melkite / Melchite - 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)
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


  Member Meronym:
    church     Christian church


  More Generic:
    religionist     religious person


2. christian  (adj) 
following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ



  Similar:
    christianly     christlike     christly


  Opposite of:
    unchristian


3. Christian  (adj) 
relating to or characteristic of Christianity; "Christian rites"



  Category:
    religion / faith / religious belief

  Pertainym:
    Christianity     Christian religion


 

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