Christ

Christ
Christ title given to Jesus of Nazareth, O.E. crist, from L. Christus, from Gk. khristos "the anointed" (translation of Heb. mashiah; see MESSIAH (Cf. messiah)), verbal adj. of khriein "to rub, anoint" (see CHRISM (Cf. chrism)). The L. term drove out O.E. hæland "healer" as the preferred descriptive term for Jesus. A title, treated as a proper name in O.E., but not regularly capitalized until 17c. Pronunciation with long -i- is result of Irish missionary work in England, 7c.-8c. The ch- form, regular since c.1500, was rare before. Capitalization of the word begins 14c. but is not fixed until 17c.

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  • christ — CHRIST. s. m. (On prononce l S et le T dans ce mot, quand il est seul: on ne les prononce pas dans Jésus Christ.) Christ, suivant sa propre signification, veut dire Oint, Celui qui a reçu quelque onction; mais on ne s en sert jamais que pour… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

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