·adj Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people.
II. Christian ·adj Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court.
III. Christian ·adj Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent.
IV. Christian ·noun One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system.
V. Christian ·noun One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice.
VI. Christian ·noun 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.
VII. Christian ·noun 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.