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Christusmonogramm
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German
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Etymology
Recorded circa 1840, from de Christus Monogramm Christ monogram. Derived from the de la-med monogramma Christi.
Older literature uses the Latin expression, or de Chrismon. 18th century.
Pronunciation
de De-Christusmonogramm.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
n
Christogram, especially the chi-rho symbol (mul ☧).
1840: "Es sieht aus, wie wenn sich zwischen dem Christusmonogramm, χς, in der Mitte zeige — eine Schlange, das ξ" ("It looks as if there were, in the midst of the Christogram χς, a Serpent, the letter ξ") Th. F. J. Züllig, "Die Zahl 666" (viz. the Greek numeral χξς΄), Die Offenbarung Johannis vol. 2, p. 248.
Declension
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