even-Christian

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fellow Christian. obsolete
    — And the more pity, that great folk should have countenance in this world to drown or hang themselves, more than their even christian.

词形变化

even-Christians plural even Christian alternative even christian alternative even-christian alternative

词源

From Middle English evencristen, evencristene, from Old English *efencristena (“fellow-Christian”), from efn- (“co-, fellow”) + cristena (“Christian”).
Cognate with Old Frisian ivinkerstena, evnkristena (“fellow-Christian”), Middle High German ebenkristen (“fellow-Christian”).
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