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Christ

Pronunciation: /kɹaɪst/

The English word “Christ” has 4 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. The anointed one, the savior predicted by the Old Testament.
  2. A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy.

noun

  1. A figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus Christ.

interjection

  1. An expletive.

Etymology

From Middle English Crist, from Old English Crist, from Latin Chrīst(us), from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós), proper noun use of χρῑστός (khrīstós, “[the] anointed [one]”), a semantic loan of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”) or the Aramaic equivalent (whence ultimately also English messiah, also via Latin, Greek). Compare grime for the Proto-Indo-European root, *gʰr-ey- (“to rub, smear; to…

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