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Word Meanings - RENEGATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A denial. "Absolute renegation of Christ." Milman.

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  • CHRISTIAN
    1. One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ. The disciples were called Christians first
  • CHRISTEN
    1. To baptize and give a Christian name to. 2. To give a name; to denominate. "Christen the thing what you will." Bp. Burnet. 3. To Christianize. Jer. Taylor. 4. To use for the first time.
  • CHRISTIANLY
    Christianlike. Longfellow.
  • CHRISTIAN ERA
    The era in use in all Christian countries, which was intended to commence with the birth of Christ. The era as now established was first used by Dionysius Exiguus , who placed the birth of Christ on the 25th of December in the year of Rome 754,
  • ABSOLUTENESS
    The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.
  • CHRISTLY
    Christlike. H. Bushnell.
  • CHRISTIANITE
    Same as Anorthite. See Phillipsite.
  • CHRISTENDOM
    1. The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it. Shak. 2. The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation. Pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms. Shak. 3. That portion
  • CHRISTMASTIDE
    The season of Christmas.
  • CHRIST
    The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.
  • CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM
    Any theory or system that aims to combine the teachings of Christ with the teachings of socialism in their applications to life; Christianized socialism; esp., the principles of this nature advocated by F. D. Maurice, Charles Kingsley, and others
  • ABSOLUTE
    In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
  • CHRISTLIKE
    Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc. -- Christ"like`ness, n.
  • CHRISTIANIZATION
    The act or process of converting or being converted to a true Christianity.
  • CHRISTOLOGY
    A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.
  • CHRISTLESS
    Without faith in Christ; unchristian. Tennyson.
  • CHRISTMAS
    An annual church festival 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 box in which presents are
  • DENIAL
    1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation. You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient. Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. A refusal to admit the truth
  • CHRISTIANLIKE
    Becoming to a Christian. A virtuous and a Christianlike conclusion. Shak.
  • CHRISTIANITY
    1. The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ. 2. Practical conformity of one's inward and outward life to the spirit of the Christian religion 3. The body of Christian believers. To Walys fled the
  • ANTICHRISTIANISM; ANTICHRISTIANITY
    Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.
  • UNCHRISTIAN
    1. Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel. 2. Contrary to Christianity; not like or becoming a Christian; as, unchristian conduct.
  • NEO-CHRISTIANITY
    Rationalism.
  • UNCHRISTIANLY
    Unchristian. Milton.
  • ANTICHRISTIAN
    Opposed to the Christian religion.
  • DECHRISTIANIZE
    To turn from, or divest of, Christianity.
  • YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which

 

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