Word Meanings - EXEMPLARITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Exemplariness. The exemplarity of Christ's life. Abp. Sharp.

Related words: (words related to EXEMPLARITY)

• CHRISTIAN
  1. One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ. The disciples were called Christians first
• SHARPLY
  In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely. They are more sharply to be chastised and reformed than the rude Irish. Spenser. The soldiers were sharply assailed with wants. Hayward. You contract your eye when you would see sharply. Bacon.
• SHARPER
  A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester. Sharpers, as pikes, prey upon their own kind. L'Estrange. Syn. -- Swindler; cheat; deceiver; trickster; rogue. See Swindler.
• CHRISTEN
  1. To baptize and give a Christian name to. 2. To give a name; to denominate. "Christen the thing what you will." Bp. Burnet. 3. To Christianize. Jer. Taylor. 4. To use for the first time.
• CHRISTIANLY
  Christianlike. Longfellow.
• CHRISTIAN ERA
  The era in use in all Christian countries, which was intended to commence with the birth of Christ. The era as now established was first used by Dionysius Exiguus , who placed the birth of Christ on the 25th of December in the year of Rome 754,
• CHRISTLY
  Christlike. H. Bushnell.
• SHARPIE
  A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated.
• CHRISTIANITE
  Same as Anorthite. See Phillipsite.
• CHRISTENDOM
  1. The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it. Shak. 2. The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation. Pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms. Shak. 3. That portion
• CHRISTMASTIDE
  The season of Christmas.
• CHRIST
  The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.
• SHARP-SET
  Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set. The town is sharp-set on new plays. Pope.
• CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM
  Any theory or system that aims to combine the teachings of Christ with the teachings of socialism in their applications to life; Christianized socialism; esp., the principles of this nature advocated by F. D. Maurice, Charles Kingsley, and others
• CHRISTLIKE
  Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc. -- Christ"like`ness, n.
• CHRISTIANIZATION
  The act or process of converting or being converted to a true Christianity.
• SHARPNESS
  The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.
• CHRISTOLOGY
  A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.
• SHARP-SIGHTED
  Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively. -- Sharp`-sight`ed*ness, n.
• CHRISTLESS
  Without faith in Christ; unchristian. Tennyson.
• ANTICHRISTIANISM; ANTICHRISTIANITY
  Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.
• UNCHRISTIAN
  1. Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel. 2. Contrary to Christianity; not like or becoming a Christian; as, unchristian conduct.
• NEO-CHRISTIANITY
  Rationalism.
• UNCHRISTIANLY
  Unchristian. Milton.
• SHARPEN
  To make sharp. Specifically: To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw. To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious. The air . . . sharpened his visual ray
• SHARP
  scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr. Cf. Escarp, Scrape, 1. Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen. He dies
• ANTICHRISTIAN
  Opposed to the Christian religion.