Obs. Also cristene-, cristeman. [ME. = cristen man, written as one word: cf. Englishman, gentleman. Cf. MHG. kristenman.] = Christian man, Christian.
a. 1200. Moral Ode, 293, in Lamb. Hom., 177. Vuele cristenemen.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 99. Holi husel þe ech cristeman understont.
138[?]. Wyclif, Wks. (1880), 408. No cristenman shulde sue his prelate but in as myche as he sueþ crist.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. ccxli. 353. Of Christenmen and of Sarazyns.
