資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Christian \Chris"tian\, a.

   {Christian Endeavor, Young People's Society of}. In various
      Protestant churches, a society of young people organized
      in each individual church to do Christian work; also, the
      whole body of such organizations, which are united in a
      corporation called the United Society of Christian
      Endeavor, organized in 1885. The parent society was
      founded in 1881 at Portland, Maine, by Rev. Francis E.
      Clark, a Congregational minister. Christian Era \Christian
Era\
   The era in use in all Christian countries, which was intended
   to commence with the birth of Christ. The era as now
   established was first used by Dionysius Exiguus (died about
   540), who placed the birth of Christ on the 25th of December
   in the year of Rome 754, which year he counted as 1 a. d.
   This date for Christ's birth is now generally thought to be
   about four years too late.

資料來源 : WordNet®

Christian era
     n : the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's
         birth [syn: {Common era}]