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Definition of 'Christ' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Christ
Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the coming of a Messiah.

2.  Christ
(chiefly in versions of the New Testament) the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament .

3.  Christ
someone regarded as similar to Jesus of Nazareth.

Etymology:  (learned respelling of ME, OE Crīst < L Chrīstus < Gk Chrīstós lit., anointed, trans. of Heb māshīa&hdotbelow; anointed, Messiah)

Definition of 'Christ' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, Jesus Christ, Christ, Savior, Saviour, Good Shepherd, Redeemer, Deliverer
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)

2. (noun) messiah, christ
any expected deliverer


Definition of 'Christ' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Christ
the Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah


Translation of 'Christ' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: Jesus.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: Christus Arabic flag Arabic: المَسيح (يسوع) Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: Христос
Brazilian flag Brazilian: Cristo Czech flag Czech: Kristus German flag German: Christus
Danish flag Danish: Kristus Greek flag Greek: Χριστός Spanish flag Spanish: Cristo
Estonian flag Estonian: Kristus Farsi flag Farsi: حضرت عیسی مسیح Finnish flag Finnish: Kristus
French flag French: le Christ Hebrew flag Hebrew: יְשוּ Hindi flag Hindi: मसीह
Croatian flag Croatian: Krist Hungarian flag Hungarian: Krisztus Indonesian flag Indonesian: Kristus
Icelandic flag Icelandic: Jesús Kristur Italian flag Italian: Cristo Japanese flag Japanese: イエスキリスト
Korean flag Korean: 예수 그리스도 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: Kristus Latvian flag Latvian: Kristus
Malay flag Malay: Jesus Dutch flag Dutch: Christus Norwegian flag Norwegian: Kristus
Polish flag Polish: Chrystus Persian flag Persian: حضرت عیسی مسیح Pashto flag Pashto: حضرت عيسى عليه السلام
Portuguese flag Portuguese: Cristo Romanian flag Romanian: Hristos Russian flag Russian: Христос
Slovak flag Slovak: Kristus Slovenian flag Slovenian: Kristus Serbian flag Serbian: Hrist
Swedish flag Swedish: Kristus Thai flag Thai: พระคริสต์ Turkish flag Turkish: Hz.İsa
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 耶穌基督 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: Христос Urdu flag Urdu: حضرت عیسےٰ علیہ السلام
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chúa Giê-su Chinese flag Chinese: 救世主(特指耶稣基督)

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