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† Christenhead, -hood Obs. rare.
In 5 cristenhede, -hode.
[f. christen a.; see -hood, -head. OE. *cristenhád has not been found, but cf. OS. cristinhêd, OHG. christinheit, MHG. kristenheit: app. the derivative in -dóm was more favoured in England, and that in -haid on the continent.]
a. Christianity.
b. Christening.
c. A Christian domain or estate.
c1449Pecock Repr. i. xii, Convertid fro Jewry into Cristenhode. c1470Harding Chron. xcj. 3 (Selden MS.) Edwyns doughtor..At Yorke was borne; to whom men did complexe Maidons twelue to take þe cristenhede. 1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. IV. 543 Twenty decanates, or provincial deanries, which from old have been styled Christenhoods (Ger. Christenheiten). |