Word Meanings - HUMANITARIAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to humanitarians, or to humanitarianism; as, a humanitarian view of Christ's nature.

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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.
• 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,
• HUMANITARIANISM
  The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ.
• 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
• 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.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• 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
• NATURED
  Having a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.
• CHRISTIANLIKE
  Becoming to a Christian. A virtuous and a Christianlike conclusion. Shak.
• NATURELESS
  Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. Milton.
• 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.
• UNNATURE
  To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature. A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them . Sir P. Sidney.
• DEMINATURED
  Having half the nature of another. Shak.
• TIME SIGNATURE
  A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as
• ORNATURE
  Decoration; ornamentation. Holinshed.
• 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.
• CONSIGNATURE
  Joint signature. Colgrave.
• UNCHRISTIANLY
  Unchristian. Milton.