christicide · noun — the killing of Christ. It carries an Arena rating of 1350, earned across 38 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, christicide ranks #300 of 17,171 for Scariest Words, #505 of 17,163 for Most Sublime Words, #1,848 of 17,146 for Most Storied Words, #2,089 of 17,131 for Most Ponderous Words.
Why “christicide” is a great word
CHRISTICIDE — [Noun] The act of killing Christ, or a person held responsible for his death. From Christ (from Old English Crist, from Latin Christus, from Greek Khristos, meaning 'anointed one') and the combining form -icide (from Latin -cida, meaning 'killer', and -cidium, meaning 'killing'). First attested in 1587. Unlike deicide, which abstracts the killing of a god, or regicide, which confines it to a political realm, christicide fixes its terrible gravity upon a single, historical execution with cosmic consequence. It is the cold metal of a hammer striking iron, the visceral shock of flesh parting under a spear point, and the theological weight of a body descending from a public scaffold—a violence so singular it permanently fractures the calendar into before and after.
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Etymology
From Christ + -icide.
noun
- The killing of Christ.
- One responsible for the death of Christ.
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