Christian \Chris"tian\, n. [L. christianus, Gr. ?; cf. AS.
   cristen. See Christ.]
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   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.
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            The disciples were called Christians first in
            Antioch.                              --Acts xi. 26.
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   2. One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents,
      and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an
      opposing system.
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   3. (Eccl.)
      (a) One of a Christian denomination which rejects human
          creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names.
          They are congregational in church government, and
          baptize by immersion. They are also called Disciples
          of Christ, and Campbellites.
      (b) One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of
          open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only
          authoritative rule of faith and practice.
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   Note: In this sense, often pronounced, but not by the members
         of the sects, kr[imac]s"chan.
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