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'''''Xian''''' (sometimes '''''Xtian''''') is a common ] for the ] '']''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S4Kr_0NYi9kC|title=Psycholinguistics|last=Garman|first=Michael|publisher=]|year=1990|isbn=0521276411|location=]|pages=35}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f5IVAAAAYAAJ|title=Institutes of Grammar: As Applicable to the English Langage, Or as Introductory to the Study of Other Languages, Systematically Arranged, and Briefly Explained|last=]|first=|publisher=Black, Parbury, and Allen|year=1817|isbn=|location=]|pages=11}}</ref> The ''X'' comes from the ] '']'', the first letter of the Greek word ''Χριστός'', ''Khristós'', ] as ''Christus'', and ultimately ] as '']''.<ref name="oed-x">{{Cite dictionary|title=X, n. 10|date=March 2016|encyclopedia=OED Online|publisher=Oxford University Press|url=http://oed.com/view/Entry/230945|accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref> The ''-ian'' is an ]-forming ] originating from the equivalent ] suffix ''-ianus''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2016}} The abbreviation follows a pattern similar to that of '']''. It is generally reserved for highly informal writing. The abbreviation is sometimes used in place of the male ] ''].''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBugHJRMO4IC|title=A Field Guide for Genealogists|last=Jacobson|first=Judy|publisher=Clearfield Company, Inc.|year=2001|isbn=0806350989|location=Baltimore, MD|pages=44}}</ref> |
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The '']'' records ''Xtian'' as an adjective and a noun, first cited in 1845 (although ''Xtianity'' for ''Christianity'' is cited in 1634), but does not include ''Xian''.<ref name=oed-x /> ''Xian'' can be seen in use in ''The Diary of Samuel Rogers, 1634-1638'', where a footnote to the printed edition states that "Throughout his diary, Rogers abbreviates 'Christ' to 'X' and the same is true of 'Christian' ('Xian'), 'Antichrist' ('AntiX') and related words."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fTvQBBb5-skC&lpg=PR65&dq=xian%20christian&pg=PA4|title=The Diary of Samuel Rogers, 1634-1638|date=2004|publisher=Boydell Press|isbn=9781843830436|page=4|last1=Rogers|first1=Samuel|editor1-last=Webster|editor1-first=Tom|editor2-last=Shipps|editor2-first=Kenneth W.|accessdate=12 May 2016}}</ref> |
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