"even-christian" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: even-christians [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English evencristen, evencristene, from Old English *efencristena (“fellow-Christian”), equivalent to even- + Christian. Cognate with Old Frisian ivinkerstena, evnkristena (“fellow-Christian”), Middle High German ebenkristen (“fellow-Christian”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|evencristen}} Middle English evencristen, {{inh|en|ang|*efencristena|t=fellow-Christian}} Old English *efencristena (“fellow-Christian”), {{prefix|en|even|Christian}} even- + Christian, {{cog|ofs|ivinkerstena}} Old Frisian ivinkerstena, {{cog|gmh|ebenkristen|t=fellow-Christian}} Middle High German ebenkristen (“fellow-Christian”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} even-christian (plural even-christians)
  1. (obsolete) A fellow Christian. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: even christian, even-Christian

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