christian

Adjective

 * 1) * 1767 Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Book IV ( Slawkenbergius's Tale ):
 * Luther was not born in the year 1483, but in 84; and not on the 22d day of October, but on the 10th of November, the eve of Martinmas day, from whence he had the name of Martin. —Now you ſee, brother Toby, he would ſay, looking up, "that chriſtian names are not ſuch indifferent things;"———had Luther here been called by any other name but Martin, he would have been damned to all eternity———Not that I look upon Martin, he would add, as a good name——far from it——'tis ſomething better than a neutral, and but a little——yet little as it is, you ſee it was of ſome ſervice to him.
 * 1) * 1767 Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Book IV ( Slawkenbergius's Tale ):
 * Luther was not born in the year 1483, but in 84; and not on the 22d day of October, but on the 10th of November, the eve of Martinmas day, from whence he had the name of Martin. —Now you ſee, brother Toby, he would ſay, looking up, "that chriſtian names are not ſuch indifferent things;"———had Luther here been called by any other name but Martin, he would have been damned to all eternity———Not that I look upon Martin, he would add, as a good name——far from it——'tis ſomething better than a neutral, and but a little——yet little as it is, you ſee it was of ſome ſervice to him.