CHRIST'S-THORN

Meaning of CHRIST'S-THORN in English

Pronunciation: ' kr ī s(ts)- ' tho ̇ rn

Variant: or Christ-thorn \ ' kr ī s(t)- \

Function: noun

Date: 1562

: any of several prickly or thorny shrubs (as the shrub Paliurus spina-christi or the jujube Ziziphus spina-christi )

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

CHRIST'S THORN — Christs thorn:Thorny Asian shrub: (Christianity) A thorny Asian shrub or tree, especially a jujube or a Jerusalem thorn, whose branches …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
CHRIST'S-THORN — or Christ-thorn noun Date: 1562 any of several prickly or thorny shrubs (as the shrub Paliurus spina-christi or the jujube …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHRIST'S-THORN — ˈkrīs(t)+, -īs(t)s+ noun ( plural christ's-thorns ) Usage: usually capitalized C : any of several prickly or thorny shrubs of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHRIST'S-THORN — (n.) One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Z. vulgaris. …
Английский словарь Webster
CHRIST'S-THORN — ( n. ) One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHRIST'S-THORN — /kruysts"thawrn'/ , n. any of certain Old World thorny shrubs or small trees supposed to have been used for Christ's …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHRIST'S-THORN — noun or Christ-thorn ˈkrīs(t)- Date: 1562 : any of several prickly or thorny shrubs (as the shrub Paliurus spina-christi or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHRIST'S-THORN — noun one of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in palestine, especially the paliurus aculeatus, zizyphus spina-christi, and z. vulgaris. …
Webster English vocab
CHRIST'S THORN — ■ noun a thorny shrub, popularly held to have formed Christ's crown of thorns. [ Ziziphus spina-christi (Mediterranean region) and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CHRIST'S-THORN — [Christ's-thorn] or Christ-thorn n (1562): any of several prickly or thorny shrubs (as the shrub Paliurus spina-christi or the jujube …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHRIST'S THORN — any of several prickly or thorny shrubs, particularly Paliurus spina-christi, of the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). P. spina-christi is native to …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHRIST'S-THORN — держидерево (Paliurus spina-christi)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CHRIST'S THORN — см. everlasting thorn
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CHRIST'S-THORN — держидерево ( Paliurus spina-christi )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CHRIST'S THORN — см. everlasting thorn
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
THORN — Christs thorn:Thorny Asian shrub: (Christianity) A thorny Asian shrub or tree, especially a jujube or a Jerusalem thorn, whose branches …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
CHRIST — Cristo (-an, -anisme)
English interlingue dictionary
CHRIST — (Noun) Kristo
English-Visayan vocabulary
CHRIST — I. noun Etymology: Middle English Crist, from Old English, from Latin ~us, from Greek ~os, literally, anointed, from chriein Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHRIST — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Church of Christ Scientist Disciples of Christ Community of Christ {{link=Reorganized Church of Jesus …
Английский словарь Британика
THORN — I. ˈthȯ(ə)rn, -ȯ(ə)n noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHRIST — ˈkrīst noun ( -s ) Etymology: after Jesus Christ died ab A.D.29, from Middle English Crist, from Old English, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THORN — (v. t.) To prick, as with a thorn.
Английский словарь Webster
THORN — (n.) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of the sounds …
Английский словарь Webster
THORN — (n.) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
Английский словарь Webster
THORN — (n.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, …
Английский словарь Webster
CHRIST — (n.) The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.
Английский словарь Webster
THORN — ( v. t. ) To prick, as with a thorn.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THORN — ( n. ) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THORN — ( n. ) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THORN — ( n. ) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHRIST — ( n. ) The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THORN — — thornless , adj. — thornlike , adj. /thawrn/ , n. 1. a sharp excrescence on a plant, esp. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHRIST — /kruyst/ , n. 1. Jesus of Nazareth, held by Christians to be the fulfillment of prophecies in the Old Testament …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHRIST — n. god! (exclamation of exasperation or irritation)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHRIST — n. Messiah, Lord's Anointed; title given to Jesus of Nazareth
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHRIST — I. ˈkrīst noun Etymology: Middle English Crist, from Old English, from Latin Christus, from Greek Christos, literally, anointed, from chriein …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THORN — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German dorn thorn, Sanskrit tṛṇa grass, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THORN — vt to prick, as with a thorn. 2. thorn ·noun fig.: that which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything …
Webster English vocab
THORN — [thorn] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG dorn thorn, Skt trna grass, blade of grass] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHRIST — [Christ] n [ME Crist, fr. OE, fr. L Christus, fr. Gk Christos, lit., anointed, fr. chriein] (bef. 12c) 1: messiah …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THORN — thorn, Thorn BrE AmE θɔːn AmE θɔːrn ▷ thorns θɔːnz AmE θɔːrnz ▶ ˈ thorn ˌ apple BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHRIST — Christ BrE AmE kraɪst ▷ Christ's kraɪsts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHRIST — / kraɪst; NAmE / (also Jesus , ˌJesus ˈChrist ) noun , exclamation ■ noun the man that Christians believe …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THORN — thorn /θɔːn $ θɔːrn/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . [countable] a sharp point that grows …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHRIST — I. Christ 1 /kraɪst/ BrE AmE ( also Jesus Christ ) noun the man who is worshipped by Christians as …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THORN — n. 1 a stiff sharp-pointed projection on a plant. 2 a thorn-bearing shrub or tree. 3 the name of an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THORN — n. 1 a stiff sharp-pointed projection on a plant. 2 a thorn-bearing shrub or tree. 3 the name of an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THORN — n.1 a stiff sharp-pointed projection on a plant. 2 a thorn-bearing shrub or tree. 3 the name of an Old …
Oxford English vocab
THORN — ( thorns) 1. Thorns are the sharp points on some plants and trees, for example on a rose bush. N-COUNT …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHRIST — Christ is one of the names of Jesus, whom Christians believe to be the son of God and whose teachings …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THORN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN bush ▪ It galloped towards the boy in silence, swinging a thorn bush from …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHRIST — I. noun PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES God/Christ Almighty ▪ God Almighty , what on earth will they do next? for …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THORN — [noun] [C] - a small sharp pointed growth on the stem of a plantrose thornsthorn bushesA thorn in the flesh/side …
Cambridge English vocab
CHRIST — [noun] [U] - See Jesus (Christ)See also christian.
Cambridge English vocab
CHRIST — n. Christ Church of Church of Christ Scientist Disciples of Christ Community of Christ Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CHRIST — Synonyms and related words : Christ Jesus, Emmanuel, God the Son, God-man, Immanuel, Jesu, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHRIST — n. 25B6; noun JESUS (CHRIST), the Messiah, the Son of God, the Lamb of God, the Prince of Peace, the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CHRIST — [Other] The Anointed; The Messiah. A title of Jesus, the Saviour; at first with the article, "The Christ", but later …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
THORN — сущ. 1) колючка, шип; колючее растение 2) торн (старое название рунической буквы р, соответствующей th) ∙ a thorn in one's …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHRIST — сущ. Христос; мессия Христос - Jesus * Иисус Христос - * child младенец Христос (преим. об изображении) - spirit of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHRIST — сущ. Христос; мессия Христос - Jesus * Иисус Христос - * child младенец Христос (преим. об изображении) - spirit of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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