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English
Adjective
Xtian
- Abbreviation of Christian.
1915 October, Aldous Huxley, Letter:The ritual and tradition are of course rather absurd, but the principle is good and the ethics are identical with Xtian ethics.
1956 February 16, C. S. Lewis, Letter to Philinda Krieg:By the way, my Xtian Behavior, if suited for anyone (of which I'm no judge) is quite as suitable for 16-year-olds as for anyone else.
Noun
Xtian (plural Xtians)
- Abbreviation of Christian.
1940, Ezra Pound, Cantos LII-LXXI:And because of the hauteur of Portagoose prelates, they drove the Xtians out of Japan till were none of that sect in the Island
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