I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a Christian perspective
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We approach the problem from a Christian perspective.
a Christian/Muslim/Catholic etc country
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England became a Christian country in the seventh century.
a committed Christian/Muslim/pacifist etc
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They consider themselves to be committed Christians.
Christian era
Christian name
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She didn’t like children to call her by her Christian name.
Christian Science
Day One Christian Ministries
the Jewish/Christian/Muslim etc community
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The mosque serves the local Muslim community.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
conservative
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But the Princeton theology has also had a much wider influence among more conservative Christians to the present day.
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That base, Dobson contends, is made up of conservative Christians who are anti-abortion.
devout
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This can only mean that, at the time, the idea of a twin was perfectly acceptable to devout Christians .
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According to some baseball officials, as many as one-third of the players on teams are devout Christians .
early
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Thinking they were breaking with the past, the early Christians re-enacted it.
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All the nurses in Illinois submit passively, like the early Christians , and let themselves be beaten.
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Shortly after his death and resurrection, the early Christians began to collect church funds through voluntary offerings.
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Schüssler Fiorenza herself agrees that all early Christians shared an androcentric mind-set.
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Also to early Christians the story may have been seen as an anticipation of the Last Supper.
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The extreme left doors date from 1948, the work of Arrigo Menerbi, showing the tribulations of early Christians .
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The early Christians may therefore be credited with the invention of the forerunner of the popular paperback!
evangelical
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In theory delegates met not as Nonconformists but as evangelical Christians who were free of state control because outside the Established Church.
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Among evangelical Christians , Graham is known for avoiding divisive rhetoric.
fellow
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In fact Catholics were outnumbered by their fellow Christians .
fundamentalist
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Even those who are not fundamentalist Christians are shocked and surprised by the pictures.
modern
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Some modern Christians may find the Trinitarian emphasis alien and difficult.
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They will go anywhere in the world to research issues of concern to modern Christians .
orthodox
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Back then, he said, most Orthodox Christians still adhered to strict fasting rules during the 40 days before Pasak.
true
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And it was true , as Christians never tired of pointing out, that a painful spiritual confusion reigned.
young
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Where we stayed is a church and is also the Diocesan Youth Centre for young Christians .
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Over 100 pages of essays and statements are designed to encourage reflection and discussion among young Christians throughout the region.
■ VERB
become
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As for their slaves, they persuade them to become Christians , and then call them brothers without distinction.
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The transformation that had come over his life was so remarkable that people became Christians by his example.
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In practice many of us have become Christians and are continuing to believe for less than the best reasons and clearest motives.
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He rejoiced in the large numbers becoming Christians and carefully recorded them.
believe
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It is also not what most Christians believe .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
born-again Christian
convinced Muslim/Christian etc
the Christian era
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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According to some baseball officials, as many as one-third of the players on teams are devout Christians.
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Governor Quintianis used the persecution of Christians as a way of possessing her.
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Most Christians have put Easter and all its trappings behind them for the year.
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Pagans could not, of course, belong to the community of Christians.
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Perhaps he had been driven out by the Christians.
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Such thinking may have a particular appeal to Catholic Christians, who tend to think in terms of an evolving revelation.
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Upper-class Christians were indistinguishable from their pagan fellows in their life-style.
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Whether Christians should welcome it or not remains an open question, but they can ignore it only at their peril.
II. adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the Christian era
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Christian doctrine
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Christian ministers
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Laughing at his misfortune wasn't a very christian act.