For though a cristen man coveited His cristendom to reneye, Rightfully to reneye No reson it wolde.
So if I kidde any kyndenesse Myn evencristen to helpe, Upon a cruwel coveitise Myn herte gan hange.
The clerkes that knowen this, Sholde kennen it aboute, For cristen and un-cristen Cleymeth it echone.
How dame Cristen counceilithe to make true paimentis to sowdieris.
A question of grete charge and wighte,[89] meoved first to be determyned, whethir for to make werre uppon Cristen bloode is laufulle.
And therfore the aventure of Publius Decius ys not aftyr cristen lawes comended by hys willefulle deth, nother hys son.
Ac of curatours of cristen peple, As clerkes bereth witnesse, I shal tellen it, for truthes sake, Take hede who so liketh.
Nat only to my king of pees I wryte, But to these othre princes Cristen alle, 380 That eche of hem his owne herte endyte And cese the werre, or more mescheef falle.
Commandeth that no wight have hardinesse, 25 O worthy king, our Cristen emperour, Of the feith to despute more or lesse Openly among people, wher errour Springeth al day and engendreth rumour.
But the grete Chane his brother dyede; and that was gret sorwe and losse to alleCristen men.
In that weye also ben manye chirches of Cristen men, be the whiche men gon towardes the cytee of Jerusalem.
But whan God alle myghty wole, righte als the londes weren lost thorghe synne of Cristene men, so schulle thei ben wonnen azen be Cristen men thorghe help of God.
The glasynge of the chirche, the scripture maketh mencyon; onli God be worshipped and rewarde to all cristen soules.
In the xvij yere of the same Prioresse, be the help of God and of goode cristenmen sche began the grounde of the same dortoure that now stondith, and wrought thereupon fulli vij yere betymes as God wolde sende hir good.
Menig man is cristen geteald on sibbe, the wolde swidhe hradhe widhsacan Criste, gif him man bude thaet man bead tham martyrum: ac his cristendom nis na herigendlic.
Godes rice is gecweden on dhisre stowe seo h['a]lige geladhung, thaet is eal cristen folc, the sceal mid neadunge and strecum mode thaet heofonlice rice geearnian.
Crist ableow thone Halgan Gast ofer dha apostolas, dha-gyt wunigende on eordhan, for dhaere getacnunge, thaet aelc cristen mann sceal lufian his nextan swa swa hine sylfne.
In Lettow hadde he reysed and in Ruce, No Cristen man so ofte of his degree.
The cristen folk, which that aboute hir were, 535 With shetes han the blood ful faire y-hent.
I walke, and fisshe Cristen mennes soules, 1820 To yelden Iesu Crist his propre rente; To sprede his word is set al myn entente.
The first Poynt of Reproche ys, That if any Knyght (as God defende) be convaynqued or attaynted of Errour against the Cristen Faith Catholique, or had for any suche Offence suffred any Payne or Punicion publique.
Unto all maner and synguler Cristen people beholdynge or herynge these present letters shall come gretynge.
Chauntre preestis perpetually to praye in the sayd churche for the Bretherne and Systers of the same Fraternyte, and for the soules of them that be departed, and for all cristen soules.
Our said moost drad soverayn Lord, as a Cristen Prince, .
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cristen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
