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Associations of "Christian" (30 Words)
| abbess | A woman who is the head of an abbey of nuns. |
| apocrypha | 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russ. |
| apologist | A person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution. An apologist for capital punishment. |
| apostle | (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel. Kiril and Metodije the apostles of the Slavs. |
| archdeacon | A senior Christian cleric (in the early Church a deacon, in the modern Anglican Church a priest) to whom a bishop delegates certain responsibilities. |
| biblical | Relating to or contained in the Bible. The biblical account of creation. |
| bishop | A chess piece typically with its top shaped like a mitre that can move in any direction along a diagonal on which it stands Each player starts the game with two bishops one moving on white squares and the other on black. |
| calvinism | The theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone. |
| canon | A rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy. A set of ecclesiastical canons. |
| cathedral | The principal church of a diocese, with which the bishop is officially associated. St Paul's Cathedral. |
| catholic | Including a wide variety of things; all-embracing. Catholic in one s tastes. |
| church | The body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church. Church a woman after childbirth. |
| dean | The head of a university faculty or department or of a medical school. He is the dean of foreign correspondents. |
| deity | A representation of a god or goddess, such as a statue or carving. A deity of ancient Greece. |
| diocese | A district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church. |
| divinity | White creamy fudge made with egg whites. A doctor of divinity. |
| ecumenism | A movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches. |
| evangelical | A member of the evangelical tradition in the Christian Church. She was evangelical about organic farming. |
| evangelist | A zealous advocate of a particular cause. An American television evangelist. |
| holy | A sacred place of pilgrimage. Holy smoke. |
| liturgy | A religious service conducted according to a liturgy. At the conclusion of the liturgy the Bishop presented the certificates. |
| martyr | Torture and torment like a martyr. There was no need to martyr themselves again. |
| minster | A large or important church, typically one of cathedral status in the north of England that was built as part of a monastery. York Minster. |
| ordination | The action of decreeing or ordaining. The rabbi s family was present for his ordination. |
| pantheistic | Of or relating to pantheism. |
| prophet | In Christian use the books of Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel and the twelve minor prophets. The prime minister ignored the prophets of doom. |
| sacerdotal | Of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism. Priestly or sacerdotal vestments. |
| theologian | A person who engages or is an expert in theology. |
| theological | Of or relating to or concerning theology. A reworking of the past that was partly theological. |
| theology | The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth. He studied theology at Oxford. |
