neo-Christian

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neo-Christian (not comparable)

  1. (Christianity) Of or pertaining to neo-Christianity. [19th c.]

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neo-Christian (plural neo-Christians)

  1. (Christianity, history) Synonym of New Christian [19th c.]
    • 1895, Gustav Karpeles, Jewish Literature, and Other Essays[1], Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, page 97:
      Before the banishment of Jews from Spain took effect, Antonio di Moro, a Jewish peddler of Cordova, flourished as the last of Spanish troubadours, and Rodrigo da Cota, a neo-Christian of Seville, as the first of Spanish dramatists, the supposed author of Celestina, one of the most celebrated of old Spanish dramatic compositions.