christ

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

noun 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)
noun any expected deliverer

Him that harrowed Hell: Christ. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
Send them me, for Christ’s sake. — Dostoevsky, André Gide
"_ XANTHUS, a Greek poet and historian, who lived in the sixth century before Christ. — De La Salle Fifth Reader, Christian Brothers

Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, Jesus Christ, Savior, Saviour, Good Shepherd, Redeemer, Deliverer

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