even-christian
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.85 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of even-Christian
Example Sentences
- "And the more pity, that great folk should have countenance in this world to drown or hang themselves, more than their even christian."
Etymology
From Middle English evencristen, evencristene, from Old English *efencristena (“fellow-Christian”), from efn- (“co-, fellow”) + cristena (“Christian”). Cognate with Old Frisian ivinkerstena, evnkristena (“fellow-Christian”), Middle High German ebenkristen (“fellow-Christian”).