out-Christian

English

Etymology

out- +‎ Christian.

Verb

out-Christian (third-person singular simple present out-Christians, present participle out-Christianing, simple past and past participle out-Christianed)

1. (transitive) To behave more Christianly than.
   • 1981, Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles, London: Head of Zeus, published 2014, →ISBN:

     I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.