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noun(Christ)messiah
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noun(Christ)jesus
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noun(Christ)an ideal type of humanity
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biographical name(Christ)Jesus
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noun(Christ)any of several prickly or thorny shrubs (such as the shrub Paliurus spina-christi or the jujube Ziziphus spina-christi)
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noun phrase(Christ)pope
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noun(Christ)one who denies or opposes Christ; specifically : a great antagonist expected to fill the world with wickedness but to be conquered forever by Christ at his second coming
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noun(Christ)—used in an exaggerated way to describe a person regarded as a powerful and malevolent adversary—usually used with the
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noun(Christ)the Jewish religious teacher whose life, death, and resurrection as reported by the Evangelists are the basis of the Christian message of salvation —called also Jesus Christ
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noun(Christ)the highest human corporeal concept of the divine idea rebuking and destroying error and bringing to light man's immortality
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biographical name(Christ)circa 6 b.c.—circa a.d. 30 Jesus of Nazareth; the Son of Mary source of the Christian religion and Savior in the Christian faith