come-to-Jesus

adjective

Relating to a Christian conversion, recommitment, or associated ritual, especially a public confession.

“To bring someone in for a come-to-Jesus talk.”

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Meanings

adjective
  1. idiomaticChristianityRelating to a Christian conversion, recommitment, or associated ritual, especially a public confession.
  2. USidiomaticRelating to a similar secular ritual.

    With the coaches still in the room, the veteran leaders on offense, one by one, took turns addressing the rest of the unit. / "It was a come-to-Jesus meeting," guard Daryn Colledge said Wednesday.

    2009 November 12, Greg A. Bedard, “Offense clears the air”, in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  3. USidiomaticConveying a scolding or a blunt discussion of a disagreeable fact regarding the addressee.

    To bring someone in for a come-to-Jesus talk.

    1 more example

    Joe Biden’s growing frustration with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, continued to mount, with the Democratic US president captured on a hot mic saying that he and the Israeli leader will need to have a “come to Jesus meeting”.

    2024 March 8, Joe Biden, quotee, “Biden caught saying he and Netanyahu need to have ‘come to Jesus meeting’”, in The Guardian, sourced from Associated Press, →ISSN
Cite this entry
APA

come-to-Jesus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come-to-Jesus

MLA

“come-to-Jesus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come-to-Jesus. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “come-to-Jesus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come-to-Jesus.

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