Christian like

Becoming a Christian; as, a Christian- like mode of life. Chris'tianly, adv. Like a Christian; in a Christian manner. Chris'tians and, a fortified sea-port town of Norway, near its S. extremity, dist. Mandal, on the Skager-rack, at the head of a deep fiord, 160 m. S.W. of Christiania; Lat. 55° 8' N., Lon. 8° 3′ E. The harbor is very secure and well-sheltered. Erp . Timber, and immense quantities of fish and lobsters. Manf . Sail-cloth; ship-building is also an important branch of industry. C. ranks as the 4th town in Norway, and is the seat of a governor. It was founded in 1641 by Christian IV. of Denmark, who intended to make it the chief naval port of his dominions. Гор . 10,876. Chris'tiansburg, in Kentucky , a post-village of Shelby co., 38 m. E. from Louisville. Christians burg, in Ohio , a village of Champaign co., about 55 m. W. of Columbus. Christians burg, in Virginia , a post-village, cap. of Montgomery co. Christiansoe, ( kre's te - an -soo,) a group of islands in the Baltic, 12 m. from Bornholm; Lat. of light-house, 55° 19′ N., Lon. 15° 12′ E. Chris'tianstad, a town of Sweden, 57 m. from Carlscrona. Manf . Gloves, and linen and woollen fabrics. Pop . 6,599.- Also, a district of which the town is the cap.; area , 2,400 sq. m. It is generally fertile, and contains the valley of Helge. Prod . Hemp, flax, corn, and hops. Pop . 180,000. Christian sted, in the Danish West Indies, a town on the S.E. coast of the island of St. Croix. It is the seat of the Danish governor-general, and chief commercial town in the Danish islands; its port is of the first order, and well defended. Pop . 5,700. Christiansville, in Virginia, a post-village of Mecklenburg co., about 75 m. S.W. of Richmond. Chris'tiansville, in L. Canada, a village of Rouville, 28 m. S.E. of Montreal; pop . about 1,300. Christic'olist, n. [Lat. Christ i cola; Christos, and colo, to worship.] A worshipper of Christ. Chris'tiern, kings of Denmark. See CHRISTIAN. Christina, QUEEN OF SWEDEN, B. 1626. She was the daughter of the great Gustavus Adolphus, and on her father's death, in 1632, was crowned queen, being then only six years of age, with the five principal ministers of state appointed by parliament her guardians. C. was educated under the eye of the celebrated Swedish chancellor Oxenstiern, and early showed great avidity for learning, as well as a considerable share of moral eccentricity. She was fond of wearing men's apparel, and of following masculine habits and pursuits; hence she acquired quite an Amazonian reputation. On the termination of her minority, in 1644, C. entered upon administrative busine with a zeal and an ability which astonished her people. She put an end to the war with Denmark, begun that year; and in 1645, by the treaty of Brömsebro, obtained some new provinces. She next turned her attention to the promotion of the interests of commerce, education, and learning. She was herself, perhaps, the most accomplished woman of that age, understanding no fewer than six languages, and maintaining an autograph correspondence with the most learned men of foreign nations. Gas send i sent her his mathematical works; Des cartes, Grotius, Salmasius, Bochart, Vo ius, Meibom, and other learned men, sought her court, and were received with the most flattering distinction. Des cartes ended his days at Stockholm; and Salmasius, under her patronage, entered the lists against the republicanism of Milton. C. studied chemistry, astronomy, and even alchemy and astrology, with the most celebrated profe ors. Having, in 1649, settled the regal succe ion in favor of her cousin Prince Carl Gustav of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, she for some time conducted her government in a manner that promised the sur mounting of the temporary difficulties of the realm; but, having resolved to abandon Protestant is in, she, in 1654, in an a embly of the states at Upsala, abdicated her crown, reserving to herself an annual income of 200,000 dollars. The forthwith left Sweden, and travelled in male attire to Bru els, where she made a secret profe ion of the Roman Catholic faith. At Innspruck, she made a more formal and public avowal of it. She next rode to Rome, where the reception accorded to her was a ovation. There she did homage to Pope Alexander VII., and received the honor of his name, in addition to her own, being thenceforward styled Christina Alexandra. In 1656 she went to France, where she lived principally at Fontainebleau, Compiègne, and Paris. During the year following, she excited universal horror and disgust by the cruel a a ination of her master of the horse, the Marquis Monal des chi, who had brought this fate upon himself by betraying the queen's secrets. In 1660 her succe or on the Swedish throne died, and C. thereupon repaired to Sweden to claim it for herself; but her conversion to the Roman Catholic Church proved a bar to her resumption of the crown, and she was compelled to return to Rome in 1668, where she died in 1689.