Christ

Meanings

1. 1
   name

   the title of Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah in Christian belief

   Christ is portrayed teaching his disciples in the central panel.

2. 2
   noun

   an artistic image or figure representing Jesus Christ

   The museum's medieval Christ was carved from painted wood.

3. 3
   intj

   used to express shock, anger, fear, or disbelief, sometimes regarded as offensive

   Christ, that was a narrow escape!

From Old English Crist and Latin Christus, from Greek Khristos, 'anointed one.' Greek Khristos translated Hebrew mashiach, 'anointed,' the source of Messiah. English later developed uses for an image of Christ and, by invocation, an emphatic interjection.

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