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Christo

1

[ kris-toh ]

noun

  1. Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, 1935–2020, U.S. sculptor, born in Bulgaria: collaborator with wife, Jeanne-Claude.


Christo-

2
  1. a combining form representing Christ in compound words:

    Christophany.

Christo-

1

combining_form

  1. indicating or relating to Christ

    Christology



Christo

2

/ ˈkrɪstəʊ /

noun

  1. ChristoChristo Javacheff1935MUSARTS AND CRAFTS: artist full name Christo Javacheff. born 1935, US artist, born in Bulgaria; best known for works in which he wraps buildings, monuments, or natural features in canvas or plastic

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Example Sentences

I remember being with Christo and Jeanne-Claude when they were doing Running Fence in Sonoma County, Northern California.

Yet even today, the small-scale sculptural objects in most museum collections are cataloged under one name only: Christo.

Bangalter and De Homem-Christo would later go on to form the electronic duo Daft Punk.

What, Christo, is the meaning of this: “Cousin Brent has a razor-sharp mind and a greyhound-quick tongue….”

I think your dad would have felt right at home, had he been there, Christo, I really do.

De Sabbato sancto, says, fit hac die baptismus, quia in eo consepulti sumus christo.

All this was uttered by Monte-Christo with such exemplary gravity, that I stood perfectly confounded.

Christo mastiges et Psycho-tyranni suum furorem non potuerunt explere.

Ad unam veram concordem religionem, sicut omnes sub uno Christo sumus et militamus.

Vincat Christus modo, nihil refert si pereat Lutherus, quia victore Christo victor erit.

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