"Cristen" meaning in Middle English

See Cristen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkristɛn/, /ˈkristən/ Forms: cristeneste [superlative]
Etymology: From Old English cristen, from Latin Christiānus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Khristianós). Compare Cristien. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|cristen}} Old English cristen, {{der|enm|la|Christiānus}} Latin Christiānus, {{der|enm|grc|Χριστιανός}} Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Khristianós) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|||||superlative|cristeneste|head=}} Cristen (superlative cristeneste), {{enm-adj|||cristeneste}} Cristen (superlative cristeneste)
  1. Christian (one who believes in Christ) Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Cristen-enm-adj-da9QpwqU Disambiguation of People: 35 23 0 31 11 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 30 15 0 25 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 17 0 26 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 16 0 28 29
  2. Christian (related, controlled, characteristic of, or belonging to those who believe in Christ) Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Cristen-enm-adj-3rHdNNvi Disambiguation of People: 35 23 0 31 11 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 30 15 0 25 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 17 0 26 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 16 0 28 29
  3. ecclesiastical, of the church.
    Sense id: en-Cristen-enm-adj-2jb08DYW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Cristendom, Cristenhode, cristenly

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkristɛn/, /ˈkristən/ Forms: Cristenes [plural]
Etymology: From Old English cristen, from Latin Christiānus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Khristianós). Compare Cristien. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|cristen}} Old English cristen, {{der|enm|la|Christiānus}} Latin Christiānus, {{der|enm|grc|Χριστιανός}} Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Khristianós) Head templates: {{head|enm|proper noun|plural|Cristenes||{{{gen}}}|||head=}} Cristen (plural Cristenes), {{enm-proper noun|Cristenes}} Cristen (plural Cristenes)
  1. A Christian; a believer in Christ. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Cristen-enm-name-nTBgGnp3 Disambiguation of People: 35 23 0 31 11 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 30 15 0 25 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 17 0 26 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 16 0 28 29
  2. (rare) The whole of Christianity; the Christian peoples of the world. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Christianity, People
    Sense id: en-Cristen-enm-name-OPcIct8S Disambiguation of Christianity: 13 10 1 16 60 Disambiguation of People: 35 23 0 31 11 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 30 15 0 25 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 17 0 26 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 16 0 28 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (e4a2c88 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.