Explore Chrestians through 2 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Chrestians in a sentence
Context around Chrestians
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chrestians
- In this selection, "chrestians" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include argued that chrestians was the and christians and chrestians had at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chrestians" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chrestians
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It has been stated that both the terms Christians and Chrestians had at times been used by the general population in Rome to refer to early Christians. (27 words)
Adolf von Harnack argued that Chrestians was the original wording, and that Tacitus deliberately used Christus immediately after it to show his own superior knowledge compared to the population at large. (31 words)
Adolf von Harnack argued that Chrestians was the original wording, and that Tacitus deliberately used Christus immediately after it to show his own superior knowledge compared to the population at large. (31 words)
It has been stated that both the terms Christians and Chrestians had at times been used by the general population in Rome to refer to early Christians. (27 words)
Example sentences (2)
Adolf von Harnack argued that Chrestians was the original wording, and that Tacitus deliberately used Christus immediately after it to show his own superior knowledge compared to the population at large.
It has been stated that both the terms Christians and Chrestians had at times been used by the general population in Rome to refer to early Christians.