• Christ •
Pronunciation: kraist • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun, proper
Meaning: The Western European epithet used in referring to Jesus of Nazareth, said to have been born in Bethlehem sometime in 1 AD (CE), a birth Christians throughout the world celebrate on this date.
Notes: Jesus Christ (Jesus, the Anointed) is believed by millions to be the Son of God, the Messiah predicted in the Old Testament. Millions of others believe him to be the prophet of God. Everyone agrees that Christ is the source of the Christian doctrine that has survived and is growing today. This name is the eponym of Christian, and its noun, Christianity, referring both to the doctrine preached by Christ and the collective body of all believers in that doctrine, as in world Christianity (or Christendom).
In Play: While Christians take Jesus Christ as the Messiah, the Qur'an accepts him as a prophet on a level with Moses. Jews do not accept Christ as the Messiah. So Christians, Muslims and Jews acknowledge the same God but differ as to the status attributed to Christ in their respective religions.
Word History: The history of the epithet Christ is itself a reflection of Jesus' humble origins. The original root from which Christ is derived was the humble PIE root *ghrei- "to rub". Contracted to *ghri- and suffixed with -s it became Germanic *gris- "frighten" which underlies grisly. Suffixed with -m, it gave us grime from Old Germanic *grim "smear." In Greek it emerges as khriein "to anoint," whose past participle, khristos "anointed" has been adopted in the West as the epithet for Jesus of Nazareth.
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- Grand Panjandrum
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I must say, with no implications upon anyone's beliefs, I always thought "Christ" was a title, inasmuch as it means Anointed One, rather than a proper name. This would raise an exception to the good Doctor's classification as a proper noun (note its occasional use with the definite article: 'the Christ').
Also noticed that these seasonal WOTDs have become a kind of seasonal tradition, with sleigh, Christ, swaddle and reindeer all having appeared in prior years (the latter twice in five days in 2005). Maybe we need more suggestions in the pot. Hogmanay has been proposed before, but Yule has not...
Also noticed that these seasonal WOTDs have become a kind of seasonal tradition, with sleigh, Christ, swaddle and reindeer all having appeared in prior years (the latter twice in five days in 2005). Maybe we need more suggestions in the pot. Hogmanay has been proposed before, but Yule has not...
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Knife no one, fink!
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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Then it's settled: you'll suggest YULE, and I'll suggest we lay HOLLY on the MANTEL and jump for JOY.
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
Don't forget Imbolc/Oimelc/Candlemas coming up in February.
Fer ye Secular Humanists, Growndhogge Daye.
Fer ye Secular Humanists, Growndhogge Daye.
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- Grand Panjandrum
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Curious- save for Hallowe'en and the tangential Maypole, ye olde cross-quarter days have gone unsung. OK now that the books are freed I have a cause.Don't forget Imbolc/Oimelc/Candlemas coming up in February.
Fer ye Secular Humanists, Growndhogge Daye.
Well I'll deal with Yule a bit later on unless somebody else does...
Stop! Murder us not, tonsured rumpots! Knife no one, fink!
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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In honor of Gailr's snow-up-to-her-eyeballs avatar, I'll have to expound upon the Kee-Bird.
The Kee-Bird is a featherless, hairless Antarctic bird, distantly related to the penguins, that can be recognized by its behavior in which it stands around stamping its feet and flapping it's wings across its chest as it makes its distinctive call: "Kee-kee-kee-keeeeeeeeeeee-RIST-IS-IT-COLD!"
The Kee-Bird is a featherless, hairless Antarctic bird, distantly related to the penguins, that can be recognized by its behavior in which it stands around stamping its feet and flapping it's wings across its chest as it makes its distinctive call: "Kee-kee-kee-keeeeeeeeeeee-RIST-IS-IT-COLD!"
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
resurrection
Well the Maypole is by definition tangential,Curious- save for Hallowe'en and the tangential Maypole, ye olde cross-quarter days have gone unsung.
(Dictionary.com).1. pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
And Easter never really took off, except for the bunny eggs. And a movable feast that might produce a solstice child, if lucky. Anointing at Yule must have been unpleasant though. With all those evergreen needles in the ointment.
And tinsel.
-melissa
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