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Western Christian

Western Christian adjective: of or pertaining to Western Christianity.

Adjective

Western Christian (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Western Christianity.

Noun

Western Christian (plural Western Christians)

  1. An adherent of any form of Western Christianity; a member of a society based on Western Christianity.
    • Yet there is inadequate understanding among Western Christians of their own native cultural context.2001, Paul Spickard, Kevin M. Cragg, Gordon William Carlson, A Global History of Christians: How Everyday Believers Experienced Their World, page 343
    • Theological squabbles had begun to affect denominational mission boards by the early 1920s, but among advocates of missions to Muslims, older models assuring Western Christians of Islam's eventual collapse remained dominant.2009, Thomas S. Kidd, American Christians and Islam: Evangelical Culture and Muslims from the Colonial Period to the Age of Terrorism, page 75

Forms of Western Christian

pluralWestern Christians

Questions about Western Christian

What does Western Christian mean?
Western Christian means of or pertaining to Western Christianity.
What part of speech is Western Christian?
Western Christian can be an adjective or a noun.

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