Pertaining to Jesus Christ or the religion founded by him; professing Christianity . The adjective is also used in senses more remote from its original meaning. Thus a ” court Christian ” is an ecclesiastical court; a.” Christian name ” is that conferred upon a person at baptism into the Christian church. As a noun, it signifies one who accepts and professes to live by the doctrines and principles of the Christian religion. Hale v. Everett, 53 N. H. 53, 16 Am. Rep. 82; State v. Buswell, 40 Neb. 158, 58 N. W. 728, 24 L. R. A 68
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