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Christendom

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English

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Christendom

Alternative forms

Christiandom,Christdom

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishcristendom,cristendome, fromOld Englishcristendōm, equivalent toChristen +‎-dom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪsn̩dəm/
Audio(Southern England): (file)

Noun

Christendom (countable anduncountable,pluralChristendoms)

TheChristian world;Christ'sChurch on Earth.[from 14th c.]
- 1670,John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, inThe History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] ,→OCLC:
  The Arian doctrine which then dividedChristendom.
- 1825,Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Aphorisms on that which is indeed spiritual religion”, inAids to Reflection‎^[1], page184:
  The result is contained in the fact of a wide and still wideningChristendom.
- 2009,Diarmaid MacCulloch,A History of Christianity, Penguin, published2010, page503:
  Wessex was facing new barbarians, apparently intent on destroying everything thatChristendom meant for England.
(now rare) The state of being a (devout)Christian;Christian belief or faith.[from 9th c.]
- c.1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene i],page11, column 2:
  By myChriſtendome, So I were out of priſon, and kept Sheepe, I ſhould be as merry as the day is long.
- 1643,Jeremy Taylor,Of the Sacred Order and Offices of Epiſcopacy […] ‎^[2], R. Royſton, page101:
  […]and yet cannot be denied that ſo it ought to be, by any man that would not have hisChriſtendome ſuſpected.
- 2015 March 12 [1934], Kenneth Pickthorn,Early Tudor Government‎^[3], volume 2, Cambridge University Press, page137:
  Especially about law and its obligatory force was Cromwell's head clear, making clearer distinctions than Wolsey with his conscience or More with hisChristendom.
(obsolete) Thename received atbaptism; any name orappellation.
- 1592,Thomas Nash[e],Pierce Penilesse His Supplication to the Deuill. […]‎^[4], London: […] [John Charlewood for] Richard Ihones, […],→OCLC:
  […]but for an Author to renounce hisChriſtendome 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[…]
- c.1604–1605 (date written),William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene i],page231, column 2:
  His faith, his ſweet diſaſter: with a world
  Of pretty fond adoptiouschriſtendomes
  That blinking Cupid goſſips.

Related terms

Translations

the Christian world

Aromanian:crishtinãtati f,crishtinami f
Chinese:
Mandarin:基督教 (zh)(Jīdūjiào),基督教世界(Jīdūjiào shìjiè)
Danish:kristenhed c,kristne verden c,kristendom c
Dutch:christenheid (nl) f
Esperanto:kristanaro(collective noun;kristano +-aro),kristanujo(kristano +-ujo)
Finnish:kristikunta (fi)
French:chrétienté (fr) f
Friulian:cristianitât f
Galician:cristiandade (gl) f
German:Christenheit (de) f,Christentum (de) n,Christenwelt f
Greek:χριστιανοσύνη (el) f(christianosýni)
Hebrew:אֱדוֹם (he)(edóm)(Medieval Hebrew),נַצְרוּת f(natsrút)
Hungarian:kereszténység (hu)
Irish:An Chríostaíocht f,An Domhan Críostaí m
Italian:cristianità f
Japanese:キリスト教世界(kirisuto-kyō sekai)
Korean:기독교계(gidokgyogye)
Latin:rēspūblica Chrīstiāna f,Chrīstiānitās f
Macedonian:христија́нство n(hristijánstvo)
Portuguese:cristandade (pt) f
Romanian:creștinătate (ro) f
Russian:христиа́нство (ru) n(xristiánstvo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:хришћанство n,кршћанство n
Roman:hrišćanstvo n,kršćanstvo n
Sicilian:cristianità f,cristianitati f
Spanish:cristiandad f
Swedish:kristenhet (sv) c
Tagalog:sangkakristiyanuhan
Turkish:Hıristiyanlık (tr)
Urdu:عالم مسیحیت (ur) f('ālam-e-masīhiyat)
Volapük:(collective noun)kritanef (vo),kritanefavol,kritavol,vol kritik,kritanavol,vol kritanik
Yiddish:די קריסטלעכע וועלט f(di kristlekhe velt),אדום n(edem)

See also

Edom(in medieval times, a Jewish term referring to Christian countries)
Jewry,Klal Yisrael(collective terms for Jewish people)
Dar al-Islam(the Muslim world)

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