Christ
noun/kraɪst/
/kraɪst/
(also Jesus, Jesus Christ)
- the man that Christians believe is the son of God and on whose teachings the Christian religion is basedTopics Religion and festivalsc1Word OriginOld English Crīst, from Latin Christus, from Greek Khristos, noun use of an adjective meaning ‘anointed’, from khriein ‘anoint’, translating Hebrew māšīaḥ ‘Messiah’.
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