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christendom
/ˈkɹɪsn̩dəm/
noun 3
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4ADJ.
still
VERB + CHRISTENDOM
destroying, divided, widening
CHRISTENDOM + NOUN
england
ADV.
then
Definitions
noun
1
The Christian world; Christ's Church on Earth.
The Arian doctrine which then divided Christendom.
The result is contained in the fact of a wide and still widening Christendom.
2
The state of being a (devout) Christian; Christian belief or faith.
By my Chriſtendome, So I were out of priſon, and kept Sheepe, I ſhould be as merry as the day is long.
[…]and yet cannot be denied that ſo it ought to be, by any man that would not have his Chriſtendome ſuſpected.
3
The name received at baptism; any name or appellation.
[…]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[…]
His faith, his ſweet diſaſter: with a world Of pretty fond adoptious chriſtendomes That blinking Cupid goſſips.
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noun — the collective body of Christians throughout the world and h
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The Arian doctrine which then divided Christendom.
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The result is contained in the fact of a wide and still widening Christendom.
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Wessex was facing new barbarians, apparently intent on destroying everything that Christendom meant for England.
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