Jesus freak


nounInformal: Usually Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. a member of any of several fundamentalist groups of chiefly young people (Jesus people ) originating in the early 1970s and emphasizing intense personal devotion to and study of Jesus Christ and His teachings.

  2. a Christian with an intense enthusiasm for Jesus Christ and His teachings.

Origin of Jesus freak

1
First recorded in 1970–75

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British Dictionary definitions for Jesus freak

Jesus freak

noun
  1. informal a member of any of various Christian groups that combine a hippy communal way of life with zealous evangelicalism

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