christ

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christ - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Christ \Christ\, n. [L. Christus, Gr. ?, fr. ? anointed, fr.
     chri`ein to anoint. See Chrism.]
     The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It
     is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.
     [1913 Webster]

christ - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Christ
      n 1: a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in
           Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for
           Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) [syn: Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth
           , the Nazarene, Jesus Christ, Christ,
           Savior, Saviour, Good Shepherd, Redeemer,
           Deliverer]
      2: any expected deliverer [syn: messiah, christ]

christ - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Christ
  anointed, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word rendered
  "Messiah" (q.v.), the official title of our Lord, occurring five
  hundred and fourteen times in the New Testament. It denotes that
  he was anointed or consecrated to his great redemptive work as
  Prophet, Priest, and King of his people. He is Jesus the Christ
  (Acts 17:3; 18:5; Matt. 22:42), the Anointed One. He is thus
  spoken of by Isaiah (61:1), and by Daniel (9:24-26), who styles
  him "Messiah the Prince."
  
    The Messiah is the same person as "the seed of the woman"
  (Gen. 3:15), "the seed of Abraham" (Gen. 22:18), the "Prophet
  like unto Moses" (Deut. 18:15), "the priest after the order of
  Melchizedek" (Ps. 110:4), "the rod out of the stem of Jesse"
  (Isa. 11:1, 10), the "Immanuel," the virgin's son (Isa. 7:14),
  "the branch of Jehovah" (Isa. 4:2), and "the messenger of the
  covenant" (Mal. 3:1). This is he "of whom Moses in the law and
  the prophets did write." The Old Testament Scripture is full of
  prophetic declarations regarding the Great Deliverer and the
  work he was to accomplish. Jesus the Christ is Jesus the Great
  Deliverer, the Anointed One, the Saviour of men. This name
  denotes that Jesus was divinely appointed, commissioned, and
  accredited as the Saviour of men (Heb. 5:4; Isa. 11:2-4; 49:6;
  John 5:37; Acts 2:22).
  
    To believe that "Jesus is the Christ" is to believe that he is
  the Anointed, the Messiah of the prophets, the Saviour sent of
  God, that he was, in a word, what he claimed to be. This is to
  believe the gospel, by the faith of which alone men can be
  brought unto God. That Jesus is the Christ is the testimony of
  God, and the faith of this constitutes a Christian (1 Cor. 12:3;
  1 John 5:1).

christ - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "Christ":
     Christ Jesus, Emmanuel, God the Son, God-man, Immanuel, Jesu,
     Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, King of Glory,
     King of Heaven, King of Kings, Lamb of God, Lord Jesus,
     Lord of Lords, Lord our Righteousness, Messiah, Our Lord,
     Prince of Peace, Redeemer, Savior, Son of God, Son of Man,
     atonement, intercession, judgment, mediation, propitiation,
     redemption, salvation, the Advocate, the Anointed, the Christ,
     the Christ Child, the Door, the Galilean, the Good Shepherd,
     the Infant Jesus, the Intercessor, the Judge, the Lamb, the Life,
     the Master, the Mediator, the Nazarene, the Only-Begotten,
     the Risen, the True Vine, the Truth, the Vine, the Way