About The Word Christendom
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Christendom
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What's The Definition Of Christendom?
[n] the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history; "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Christendom: Christianity Related Terms | Find terms related to Christendom: See Also | body | Christian church | church Christendom In Webster's Dictionary \Chris"ten*dom\, n. [AS. cristend?m; cristen a
Christian + -dom.]
1. The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the
Christian religion, or the adoption of it. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name
or appelation. [Obs.]
Pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms. --Shak.
3. That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails,
or which is governed under Christian institutions, in
distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands.
The Arian doctrine which then divided Christendom.
--Milton
A wide and still widening Christendom. --Coleridge.
4. The whole body of Christians. --Hooker.
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