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Judeo-Christian

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to Judaism and Christianity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Judaism, not-comparable

Topics: Christianity

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Abrahamic, Judeo-Islamo-Christian, Judeo-Christian-Islamic

2

noun

Meaning 2

Somebody who follows both Judaism and Christianity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Judaism

Topics: Christianity

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Abrahamist

3

noun

Meaning 3

Somebody who is either Judaist or Christian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Judaism

Topics: Christianity

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Abrahamist

4

adjective

Meaning 4

being historically related to both Judaism and Christianity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Judeo-Christian tradition

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

After a German term coined by Ferdinand Christian Baur in an issue of the Tübinger Zeitschrift für Theologie in 1831. Also Judeo- + Christian.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: judeocristià — relating to Judaism and Christianity
  • French: judéo-chrétien — relating to Judaism and Christianity
  • Galician: xudeocristián — relating to Judaism and Christianity
  • German: jüdisch-christlich — relating to Judaism and Christianity
  • Hindi: यहूदी ईसाई (yahūdī īsāī) — relating to Judaism and Christianity
  • Italian: giudeocristiano — relating to Judaism and Christianity
  • Northern Kurdish: cuhyanî-filanî — relating to Judaism and Christianity
  • Polish: judeochrześcijański — relating to Judaism and Christianity
  • Russian: иудейско-христианский (iudejsko-xristianskij) — relating to Judaism and Christianity
  • Serbo-Croatian: јудеокршћански — relating to Judaism and Christianity
  • Serbo-Croatian: judeokršćanski — relating to Judaism and Christianity
  • Spanish: judeocristiano — relating to Judaism and Christianity
  • Urdu: یَہُود و نَصاریٰ (yahūd o nasārā) — relating to Judaism and Christianity
  • Italian: giudeocristiano — who follows both Judaism and Christianity
  • Italian: giudeocristiana — who follows both Judaism and Christianity
  • Polish: judeochrześcijanin — who follows both Judaism and Christianity
  • Polish: judeochrześcijanka — who follows both Judaism and Christianity