Christianize
(Chris"tian*ize), v. i. To adopt the character or belief of a Christian; to become Christian.
The pagans began to Christianize.
Latham.
Christianlike
(Chris"tian*like`) a. Becoming to a Christian.
A virtuous and a Christianlike conclusion.
Shak.
Christianly
(Chris"tian*ly), adv. In a manner becoming the principles of the Christian religion.
Sufferings . . . patiently and Christianly borne.
Sharp.
Christianly
(Chris"tian*ly), a. Christianlike. Longfellow.
Christianness
(Chris"tian*ness), n. Consonance with the doctrines of Christianity. [Obs.] Hammond.
Christless
(Christ"less) a. Without faith in Christ; unchristian. Tennyson.
Christlike
(Christ"like`) a. Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc. — Christ"like`ness, n.
Christly
(Christ"ly), a. Christlike. H. Bushnell.
Christmas
(Christ"mas) n. [Christ + mass.] An annual church festival (December 25) and in some
States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service,
and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.
Christmas box. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity
given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. — Christmas carol, a carol sung
at, or suitable for, Christmas. — Christmas day. Same as Christmas. — Christmas eve, the evening
before Christmas. — Christmas fern (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern which is much used
for decoration in winter. — Christmas flower, Christmas rose, the black hellebore, a poisonous
plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter.
— Christmas tree, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents,
etc., and illuminated on Christmas eve.
Christmastide
(Christ"mas*tide`) n. [Christmas + tide time.] The season of Christmas.
Christocentric
(Chris"to*cen"tric) a. [Christ + centric.] Making Christ the center, about whom all things
are grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central object of thought or emotion.
J. W. Chadwick.
Christology
(Chris*tol"o*gy) n. [Crist + -logy.] A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which
treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.
Christom
(Chris"tom) n. See Chrisom. [Obs.] Shak.
Christophany
(Chris*toph"a*ny) n. [Christ + Gr. to show.] An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples
after the crucifixion.
Christ's-thorn
(Christ's-thorn`) n. (Bot.) One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine,
especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Z. vulgaris. The last bears the fruit
called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.
Chromascope
(Chro"ma*scope) n. [Gr. color + -scope.] An instrument for showing the optical effects
of color.
Chromate
(Chro"mate) n. [Cf. F. chromate. See Chrome.] (Chem.) A salt of chromic acid.
