Xtian
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]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[1]:
- 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
[edit]Xtian (plural Xtians)
- Abbreviation of Christian.
- 1940, Ezra Pound, Cantos LII-LXXI[2]:
- And because of the hauteur of Portagoose prelates, they drove the Xtians out of Japan till were none of that sect in the Island