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Christo-

Christ.

Latin Christus or Greek Khristos, Christ.

Examples are Christology, that part of theology which relates to Christ; Christocentric, centring on Christ; Christogram, a symbol of Christ such as the chi-rho figure (a monogram formed from the first two Greek letters of Khristos); and Christophany, an appearance of Christ, as after the Resurrection.

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