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Christendom

The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it.

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Body 76% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Christian 74% connected

One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward li…

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Christian 74% connected

One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward li…

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Church 70% connected

A building set apart for Christian worship.

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Christianity 92% connected

The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.

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Adherent noun · 78% connection

One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular…

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Adoptionist noun · 78% connection

One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption.

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Adoptive adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language.

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Antichrist noun · 78% connection

A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming.

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Baptist noun · 78% connection

One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be adm…

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Brother noun · 78% connection

One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffer…

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Christocentric adjective · 78% connection

Making Christ the center, about whom all things are grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central object o…

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Christology noun · 78% connection

A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.

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Cloth noun · 78% connection

The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession.

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Community noun · 78% connection

a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common; "he was well known throughout t…

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Confession noun · 78% connection

Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.

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Creed verb · 78% connection

A definite summary of what is believed; esp., a summary of the articles of Christian faith; a confession of faith for public use; esp.…

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Era noun · 78% connection

A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of A…

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Evangelical adjective · 78% connection

Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to…

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Faith noun · 78% connection

That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of…

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Faithless adjective · 78% connection

Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion.

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Godchild noun · 78% connection

One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Go…

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Godfather noun · 78% connection

A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction.

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