The Collaborative International Dictionary
Christian \Chris"tian\, n. [L. christianus, Gr. ?; cf. AS. cristen. See Christ.]
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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 in Antioch.
--Acts xi. 26. One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system.
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(Eccl.)
One of a Christian denomination which rejects human creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names. They are congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. They are also called Disciples of Christ, and Campbellites.
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One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice.
Note: In this sense, often pronounced, but not by the members of the sects, kr[=i]s"chan.
Usage examples of "campbellites".
The Campbellites had merely an overgrown cottage organ, but they put in a cornet to help out— this in the face of a protest from the conservative element that true religion did not harmonize with any "brass-band trimmings.
If the Zion Church gave a mush-and-milk sociable, it was only natural that the Campbellites, in their endeavor to retain a hold on the friendly sympathies of Musselwhite, should almost immediately make announcement of a rummage party or an old people's concert.
The Campbellites had their Sunday-school in the morning, preceding the regular service, and the Methodists had theirs in the afternoon.
The rivalry between the Methodists and the Campbellites touched perihelion on Christmas Eve.
One year the Campbellites varied the programme by having a scenic chimney-corner erected back of the pulpit.
It's too much like trailin' along behind the Campbellites and takin' their dust.