English Explanatory Dictionary

even-Christian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fellow Christian.
noun
  1. Alternative form of even-Christian

Word forms

even-Christian even-Christians even Christian

Etymology

From Middle English evencristen, evencristene, from Old English *efencristena (“fellow-Christian”), from efn- (“co-, fellow”) + cristena (“Christian”). Cognate with Old Frisian ivinkerstena, evnkristena (“fellow-Christian”), Middle High German ebenkristen (“fellow-Christian”).

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