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