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christ

Christ \'kri-st\ n [ME Crist, fr. OE, fr. L Christus, fr. Gk Christos, 
   lit., ano]inted, fr. chriein to anoint 1: MESSIAH  2: JESUS  3: an ideal 
   type of humanity  4: Christian Science : the ideal truth that comes as a 
   divine manif estation of God to destroy incarnate error