Christendom
['krisəndəm]
Definition
(noun.) the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia); 'for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom'.
Editor: Luke--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it.
(n.) The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation.
(n.) That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands.
(n.) The whole body of Christians.
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Examples
- Against the unifying effort of Christendom and against the unifying influence of the mechanical revolution, catastrophe won. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Upon no part of Europe did the collapse of the idea of a unified Christendom bring more disastrous consequences than to Germany. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In its history from the first, and in its tremendous associations, it is the most illustrious edifice in Christendom. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Now the whole of Christendom became as a whole sceptical. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Only very slowly and weakly did Christianity restore that lost sense of community and teach men to rally about the idea of Christendom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a real sustained attempt to unite all Christendom under a purified and reorganized church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After the church of Rome, that of England is by far the richest and best endowed church in Christendom. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Ursula was amazed and indignant at the way he made small-talk; he was adept as any FAT in Christendom. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Now in all ages there have been sceptics in Christendom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It might be that Joe, who fought on the side of Christendom, had a sweetheart, and that Jim, who fought on the side of the Moslem, had one likewise. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The manufacture entered Christendom either through Greece or by the capture of Moorish paper-mills during the Christian reconquest of Spain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This Jehad excited almost as much feeling in Islam as the First Crusade had done in Christendom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Such was the political condition of the world in which the idea of Christendom developed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Their schools became and remained for a long time the best schools in Christendom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the name of all the elves in Christendom, is that Jane Eyre? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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