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adjective

christian

CEFR B1

following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ

In a sentence

Six example sentences with christian, each labelled with its topic.

  • The chapel is one of the oldest Christian buildings still standing, its plain stone walls unchanged since the fifth century.

    Architecture

  • Early Christian mosaics used a shepherd rather than a throne to picture care for a scattered community.

    Art

  • The poem retells a Christian parable about forgiveness, moving it to a fishing village on a modern coast.

    Literature

  • Early Christian communities in Rome met in private homes, since no public buildings were permitted to them for two centuries.

    History

  • The choir opened with a Christian hymn from the ninth century, sung in unison without a single instrument.

    Music

  • Augustine built a Christian philosophy on Plato's idea of a perfect world beyond the senses, reached by faith rather than sight.

    Philosophy

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