Part 1901

<i>Longfellow.</i>

<h1>Christianness</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chris"tian*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Consonance with the doctrines of Christianity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hammond.</i>

<h1>Christless</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Christ"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without faith in Christ; unchristian.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Christlike</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Christ"like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Christ"like`ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Christly</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Christ"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Christlike.</def>

<i>H. Bushnell.</i>

<h1>Christmas</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Christ"mas</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Christ</ets> + <ets>mass</ets>.]</ety> <def>An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality.</def>

<cs><col>Christmas box</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift.</cd></cd> -- <col>Christmas carol</col>, <cd>a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas.</cd> -- <col>Christmas day</col>. <cd>Same as <er>Christmas</er>.</cd> -- <col>Christmas eve</col>, <cd>the evening before Christmas.</cd> -- <col>Christmas fern</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an evergreen North American fern (<spn>Aspidium acrostichoides</spn>), which is much used for decoration in winter.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Christmas flower</col>, <col>Christmas rose</col></mcol>, <cd>the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter.</cd> -- <col>Christmas tree</col>, <cd>a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated on Christmas eve.</cd></cs>

<h1>Christmastide</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Christ"mas*tide`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Christmas</ets> + <ets>tide</ets> time.]</ety> <def>The season of Christmas.</def>

<h1>Christocentric</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chris"to*cen"tric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Christ</ets> + <ets>centric</ets>.]</ety> <def>Making Christ the center, about whom all things are grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central object of thought or emotion.</def>

<i>J. W. Chadwick.</i>

<h1>Christology</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chris*tol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Crist</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.</def>

<h1>Christom</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chris"tom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Chrisom</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Christophany</h1> <Xpage=253>

<hw>Chris*toph"a*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Christ</ets> + Gr. <?/ to show.]</ety> <def>An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion.</def>

<h1>Christ's-thorn</h1> <Xpage=253>