Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Christians considered as a group.
- noun The portion of the world in which Christianity is the dominant religion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, adoption of faith in Christ; personal Christianity; baptism.
- noun The part of the world in which the Christian religion predominates; the Christian world.
- noun The whole body of Christians.
- noun [lowercase] The name received at baptism; hence, any name or epithet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it.
- noun obsolete The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation.
- noun That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands.
- noun The whole body of Christians.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The
name received atbaptism ; any name orappellation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As these separated communities when massed together, indeed in some cases even of themselves, count a vast number of souls, among whom many are conspicuous for their religious earnestness, this extension of the term Christendom to include them all has its solid justification.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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If, then, we limit the application of the term Christendom to this, its most authentic expression, the unity of Christendom is not a lost ideal to be recovered, but a stupendous reality which has always been in stable possession.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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People meant what they said when they said the word Christendom.
CNN.com 2011
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(By the way, Carl, the link on Dividing of Christendom is broken.)
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"There's not a magazine in Christendom that would dare to publish it — you know that."
Chapter 35 2010
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Even in Christendom, it is presumed our minds and hearts are frequently deceived.
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Sadly, what is unimaginable in Christendom has not only occurred, but passes virtually without recognition, in the Islamic world.
Pope Benedict XVI, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi and the Jews Not a sheep 2008
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Anti-Semitism (and its supposed Scriptural and religious justification) was prevalent in Christendom for many centuries leading up to the holocaust.
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Sadly, what is unimaginable in Christendom has not only occurred, but passes virtually without recognition, in the Islamic world.
Archive 2008-04-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Ecclesiastical term as of a bishop without a see in Christendom
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