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語源

From Middle English evencristen, evencristene, from 古期英語 *efencristena (“fellow-Christian”), equivalent to even- +‎ Christian. Cognate with Old Frisian ivinkerstena, evnkristena (“fellow-Christian”), Middle High German ebenkristen (“fellow-Christian”).

名詞

even-christian (複数形 even-christians)

1. (obsolete) A fellow Christian.
   • c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:

     And the more pity, that great folk should have countenance in this world to drown or hang themselves, more than their even christian.