- a member of a Christian sect, founded in America in 1848, which claims to return to the beliefs and practices of the earliest disciples and holds that Christ will return in power to set up a worldwide theocracy beginning at Jerusalem基督弟兄会会员（此教派1848年成立于美洲, 声称回归最初信徒的信条和习俗行为, 并认为耶稣基督将重掌大权, 从耶路撒冷开始建立一个全球性神治国）。
- of or adhering to this sect and its beliefs基督弟兄会的; 拥护基督弟兄会的。
词源
from late Greek Khristadelphos 'in brotherhood with Christ' （from Khristos 'Christ'+adelphos 'brother'）+-IAN.