Latin christianus, adjective & noun, from Greek christianos, from Christos
Date:
1526
1 a: one who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christb(1):disciple 2(2): a member of one of the Churches of Christ separating from the Disciples of Christ in 1906(3): a member of the Christian denomination having part in the union of the United Church of Christ concluded in 19612: the hero in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress