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Christendom

//ˈkɹɪsn̩dəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The Christian world; Christ's Church on Earth. countable, uncountable

    "The Arian doctrine which then divided Christendom."

  2. 2
    the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia) wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being a (devout) Christian; Christian belief or faith. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "By my Chriſtendome, So I were out of priſon, and kept Sheepe, I ſhould be as merry as the day is long."

  4. 4
    The name received at baptism; any name or appellation. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "[…]but for an Author to renounce his Chriſtendome to write in his owne commendation, to refuſe the name which his Godfathers and Godmothers gaue him in his baptiſme , and call himſelfe a wellwiller to both the writers[…]"

Etymology

From Middle English cristendom, cristendome, from Old English cristendōm, equivalent to Christen + -dom.

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