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Christian-nameless

Christian-nameless adjective: without a Christian name.

Adjective

Christian-nameless (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Without a Christian name.
    • To me, once, inspecting a well-chosen shelf of medical works in several languages, an advanced surgeon’s library in themselves—possibly purchased en bloc, I thought, from some dead professor’s widow—he had remarked pleasantly, as a fitting pleasantry for the addressee, that “John’s is my nom...1895 January 19, Frederick Lees, “Prize Story. A Human Enigma.”, in The Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, number 6,809, Newcastle upon Tyne, →OCLC, page 8, column 4
    • I’m caught at last! I can’t hold out any longer! / When first I saw you, I knew what it would be. / For fifteen months I kept my head. But see, / I’m on my knees to you. You are the stronger. / For all your slenderness of limb and feature / You’ve mastered me—you Christian-nameless creature!1915, Geoffrey Faber, “To ——”, in Interflow: Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →OCLC, page 24

Examples of Christian-nameless in a sentence

  • At Christmas 1548/9, ‘ffelsteade’, Christian-nameless as ever, made ‘ix globes with all thinges necessarie ffor theyr makyng at xvjᵈ the pece’ for the Court Revels, for which he was paid 12s.1988, Meg Twycross, “Felsted of London: […]”, in Sarah Carpenter, Pamela King, editors, The Materials of Early Theatre: […] (Variorum...
  • The mysteriously Christian-nameless PJ Ellis from Swindon has a question and another neat little project for improving your ST.1991 March, “Upgrade It Yourself (Part Three)”, in Mark Higham, editor, ST Format, number 20, Bath, Avon: Future Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Origin of Christian-nameless

From Christian name + -less.

Questions about Christian-nameless

What does Christian-nameless mean?
Christian-nameless means without a Christian name.
How do you use Christian-nameless in a sentence?
At Christmas 1548/9, ‘ffelsteade’, Christian-nameless as ever, made ‘ix globes with all thinges necessarie ffor theyr makyng at xvjᵈ the pece’ for the Court Revels, for which he was paid 12s.
What part of speech is Christian-nameless?
Christian-nameless is an adjective.

Words near Christian-nameless in the dictionary

  1. Christian Zionist
  2. Christian Zionists
  3. Christian-like
  4. Christian-name
  5. Christian-named
  6. Christian-nameless
  7. Christian-names
  8. Christian-naming
  9. Christiana
  10. Christianas
  11. Christiandom

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