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Christian

[kris-chuhn] / ˈkrɪs tʃən /
NOUN
an adherent of Christianity
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Many of the individual plaintiffs and members of the union making the complaint on their behalf aren’t Christian at all.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

My friend’s sister, a retired police officer who claims to be a Christian, somehow managed to get herself appointed as the executor of their mother’s estate.

From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026

The row came after a report in the Daily Mail newspaper by political correspondent Christian Calgie, who had been with Farage and Kenyon covering Reform's by-election campaign trail on Wednesday.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Even accepting the Christian framing, Ms. Wisse says, “we left out the resurrection. Not in three days, but in three years.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

A year later, King Christian IV was crowned and soon began to make his presence felt.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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