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after-Christian
after-Christian n. and adj. 
/ˈɑːftəˌkrɪstjən/, /ˈɑːftəˌkrɪstɪən/, /ˈaftəˌkrɪstʃ(ə)n/, /ˈaftəˌkrɪstjən/, /ˈaftəˌkrɪstɪən/,
Brit. /ˈɑːftəˌkrɪstʃ(ə)n/
, /ˈɑːftəˌkrɪstʃ(ə)n//ˈɑːftəˌkrɪstjən//ˈɑːftəˌkrɪstɪən//ˈaftəˌkrɪstʃ(ə)n//ˈaftəˌkrɪstjən//ˈaftəˌkrɪstɪən/U.S. /ˈæftərˌkrɪstʃən/
(a) n. a person in a society which has ceased to be Christian; (b) adj. having ceased to be Christian. Cf. post-Christian adj. and n./ˈæftərˌkrɪstʃən/ΘΚΠ
society > faith > sect > Christianity > lack of Christianity > [adjective] > affected by
unchristianized1636
after-Christian1886
society > faith > sect > Christianity > lack of Christianity > [noun] > causing > result > person
after-Christian1886
1886 C. S. Devas Stud. Family Life iii. 227 Nor let it be said that I take the bad among the After-Christians and contrast them with the good among the Christians.
1886 C. S. Devas Stud. Family Life iii. 274 Popular writers of After-Christian France.
1911 Month Mar. 282 St. Paul's description of the Fore-Christians of his day applies equally to the After-Christians of ours.
1979 A. D. Moody Thomas Sterns Eliot, Poet x. 288 They are twin products of an after-Christian society.
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