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'''''Xian''''' (sometimes '''''Xtian''''') is a common [[abbreviation]] for the [[word]] ''[[Christian]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S4Kr_0NYi9kC|title=Psycholinguistics|last=Garman|first=Michael|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=1990|isbn=0521276411|location=[[Cambridge]]|pages=35}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f5IVAAAAYAAJ|title=Institutes of Grammar: As Applicable to the English Langage, Or as Introductory to the Study of Other Languages, Systematically Arranged, and Briefly Explained|last=[[James Andrew (educator)|Andrew, James]]|first=|publisher=Black, Parbury, and Allen|year=1817|isbn=|location=[[London]]|pages=11}}</ref> The ''X'' comes from the [[Greek alphabet|Greek letter]] ''[[Chi (letter)|Chi]]'', the first letter of the Greek word ''Χριστός'', ''Khristós'', [[Latinization of Greek|Latinized]] as ''Christus'', and ultimately [[Anglicized]] as ''[[Christ]]''.<ref name="oed-x">{{Cite dictionary|title=X, n. 10|date=March 2016|encyclopedia=OED Online|publisher=Oxford University Press|url=http://oed.com/view/Entry/230945|accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref> The ''-ian'' is an [[adjective]]-forming [[suffix]] originating from the equivalent [[Latin]] suffix ''-ianus''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} The abbreviation follows a pattern similar to that of ''[[Xmas]]''. It is generally reserved for highly informal writing. The abbreviation is sometimes used in place of the male [[given name]] ''[[Christian (given name)|Christian]].''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBugHJRMO4IC|title=A Field Guide for Genealogists|last=Jacobson|first=Judy|publisher=Clearfield Company, Inc.|year=2001|isbn=0806350989|location=Baltimore, MD|pages=44}}</ref> |
'''''Xian''''' (sometimes '''''Xtian''''') is a common [[abbreviation]] for the [[word]] ''[[Christian]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S4Kr_0NYi9kC|title=Psycholinguistics|last=Garman|first=Michael|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=1990|isbn=0521276411|location=[[Cambridge]]|pages=35}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f5IVAAAAYAAJ|title=Institutes of Grammar: As Applicable to the English Langage, Or as Introductory to the Study of Other Languages, Systematically Arranged, and Briefly Explained|last=[[James Andrew (educator)|Andrew, James]]|first=|publisher=Black, Parbury, and Allen|year=1817|isbn=|location=[[London]]|pages=11}}</ref> The ''X'' comes from the [[Greek alphabet|Greek letter]] ''[[Chi (letter)|Chi]]'', the first letter of the Greek word ''Χριστός'', ''Khristós'', [[Latinization of Greek|Latinized]] as ''Christus'', and ultimately [[Anglicized]] as ''[[Christ]]''.<ref name="oed-x">{{Cite dictionary|title=X, n. 10|date=March 2016|encyclopedia=OED Online|publisher=Oxford University Press|url=http://oed.com/view/Entry/230945|accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref> The ''-ian'' is an [[adjective]]-forming [[suffix]] originating from the equivalent [[Latin]] suffix ''-ianus''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} The abbreviation follows a pattern similar to that of ''[[Xmas]]''. It is generally reserved for highly informal writing. The abbreviation is sometimes used in place of the male [[given name]] ''[[Christian (given name)|Christian]].''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBugHJRMO4IC|title=A Field Guide for Genealogists|last=Jacobson|first=Judy|publisher=Clearfield Company, Inc.|year=2001|isbn=0806350989|location=Baltimore, MD|pages=44}}</ref> |
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Xian (sometimes Xtian) is a common abbreviation for the word Christian.[1][2] The X comes from the Greek letter Chi, the first letter of the Greek word Χριστός, Khristós, Latinized as Christus, and ultimately Anglicized as Christ.[3] The -ian is an adjective-forming suffix originating from the equivalent Latin suffix -ianus.[citation needed] The abbreviation follows a pattern similar to that of Xmas. It is generally reserved for highly informal writing. The abbreviation is sometimes used in place of the male given name Christian.[4]
The Oxford English Dictionary records Xtian as an adjective and a noun, first cited in 1845 (although Xtianity for Christianity is cited in 1634), but does not include Xian.[3] Xian can be seen in use in The Diary of Samuel Rogers, 1634-1638, where a footnote to the printed edition states that "Throughout his diary, Rogers abbreviates 'Christ' to 'X' and the same is true of 'Christian' ('Xian'), 'Antichrist' ('AntiX') and related words."[5]
References
- ^ Garman, Michael (1990). Psycholinguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 35. ISBN 0521276411.
- ^ Andrew, James (1817). Institutes of Grammar: As Applicable to the English Langage, Or as Introductory to the Study of Other Languages, Systematically Arranged, and Briefly Explained. London: Black, Parbury, and Allen. p. 11.
- ^ a b "X, n. 10". OED Online. Oxford University Press. March 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Jacobson, Judy (2001). A Field Guide for Genealogists. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Company, Inc. p. 44. ISBN 0806350989.
- ^ Rogers, Samuel (2004). Webster, Tom; Shipps, Kenneth W. (eds.). The Diary of Samuel Rogers, 1634-1638. Boydell Press. p. 4. ISBN 9781843830436. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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