The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MARTYR , but the solution may also be GNOSTIC which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in LA Times).
Early Christian crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MARTYR | 20 % | 6 |
| ARIAN | 20 % | 5 |
| GNOSTIC | 20 % | 7 |
| APOSTLE | 20 % | 7 |
| ESSENE | 10 % | 6 |
| NAZARENE | 10 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Early Christian
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- christian era
- christianity
- christianism
- christain
- christians
- christianized
- christianization
- christian name
- christian theology
- christian church
- early on
- christological
Crossword Answer definitions
MARTYR noun- One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.
- (by extension) One who sacrifices his or her life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.
- (with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.
- To make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
- To persecute.
- To torment; to torture.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result MARTYR
- ___ complex
- Thomas à Becket, e.g.
- Joan of Arc, e.g.
- Sufferer for a cause
- Self-sacrificing type
- Victim, of a sort
- Joan of Arc, for one
- Joan of Arc, notably
- Saint Christopher, for one
- Saint Christopher, e.g.
More clues leading to the result ARIAN
- Born under the sign of the Ram
- Parliament's attachment?
- Parliament finale
- Suffix with sect
- Suffix meaning "believer"
- Unit or sect suffix
- Suffix with Unit
- Follower of early Christian sect.
- Believer in God's oneness.
- Member of an early Christian sect.
More clues leading to the result GNOSTIC
- Believer that matter is evil
- Of spiritual knowledge
- Having esoteric spiritual knowledge
- Early Christian
- Having knowledge.
- 2d century sectarian.
- Having knowledge
- Knowing
- Believer in a demiurge
More clues leading to the result APOSTLE
- Biblical disciple
- One who gets The Word out
- Adherent
- Thaddaeus, for one
- Peter or Paul, but not Mary
- New Testament figure
- Bartholomew, for one
- Andrew or Bartholomew, in the New Testament
- Title role for Robert Duvall
- Peter or Paul
More clues leading to the result ESSENE
- Ancient ascetic
- Hebrew ascetic
- Holy scroller?
- Ancient Jewish ascetic
- Ancient Palestinian
- Sect member around the time of Christ
- Old mystic
- Dead Sea Scrolls sect
- Early Christian sect
- Member of a monastic Jewish sect