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Christian

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

Pertaining to Jesus Christ or the religion founded by him; professing Christianity. The adjective is also used in senses more remote from its original meaning. Thus a “court Christian” is an ecclesiastical court; a “Christian name” is that conferred upon a person at baptism into the Christian chureh. Asa noun, it signifies one who accepts and professes to live by the doctrines and principles of the Christian religion.