CHRIST

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• CHRIST (noun)
  The noun CHRIST has 2 senses:

1. a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)

2. any expected deliverer

  Familiarity information: CHRIST used as a noun is rare.

• CHRIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Christ; Deliverer; Good Shepherd; Jesus; Jesus Christ; Jesus of Nazareth; Redeemer; Savior; Saviour; the Nazarene

Instance hypernyms:

Logos; Son; Word (the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus))

Hebrew; Israelite; Jew (a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties)

prophet (someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God)

Instance hyponyms:

El Nino (the Christ child)

Derivation:

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

Christian (relating to or characteristic of Christianity)

christly (resembling or showing the spirit of Christ)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any expected deliverer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

christ; messiah

Hypernyms ("christ" is a kind of...):

deliverer; rescuer; savior; saviour (a person who rescues you from harm or danger)

 Context examples 

The appearance of unusually warm waters in the eastern Pacific; termed the "Christ child" because of the time of year it effects the South American coastline.

(El Niño, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

These once aboard, the ship set her broad mainsail, purple in color, and with a golden St. Christopher bearing Christ upon his shoulder in the centre of it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Oh, don’t bring it into court! For Christ’s sake, don’t!

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“For the matter o' that, Mas'r Davy,” replied Ham, “all's told a'most in them words, “Em'ly, Em'ly, for Christ's sake, have a woman's heart towards me. I was once like you!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

As Amy pointed to the smiling Christ child on his Mother's knee, Mrs. March saw something on the lifted hand that made her smile.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Read the New Testament, and observe what Christ says, and how He acts; make His word your rule, and His conduct your example.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“Oh, gentlemen,” cried the girl in broken French, “for dear Christ's sake stand by us, and do not let these terrible men do us an injury.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His is the exaction of the apostle, who speaks but for Christ, when he says—Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“It's like you did, Mas'r Davy. Not that I know'd then, she was theer, sir, but along of her creeping soon arterwards under Em'ly's little winder, when she see the light come, and whispering “Em'ly, Em'ly, for Christ's sake, have a woman's heart towards me. I was once like you!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

How could you bring a fresh pang to this holy man, who hath endured so much and hath journeyed as far as Christ's own blessed tomb?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)