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单词 christiandom
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Christiandomn.

Brit. /ˈkrɪstʃ(ə)ndəm/, /ˈkrɪstjəndəm/, U.S. /ˈkrɪstʃəndəm/
Forms: 1500s Christiandome, 1500s– Christiandom, 1600s Christiandoome.
Etymology: Alteration of Christendom n., after Christian adj.
1. The whole body of Christians collectively; the Christian world or domain; = Christendom n. 3a, 3c.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > [noun] > domain of
ChristendomOE
Christianitya1300
Christdomc1500
husbandry1526
Christiandom1548
Christian commonweal1559
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. H.iiv In case the said consayl had estemed it sitting & leyful to worshyp the bread..or christ in the breade (as in maner all christiandom doth a lamentable case).
1564 E. Grindal Serm. Funeral Prince Ferdinandus sig. B.iijv He was also not vnlearned, & both in latin & al other vulgare toungs so skilful, that he was wel able to treate in the same wyth the most part of the nations of Christiandome.
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 142 I did hope no Lord in this Company would Advise his Majesty to desert his only Son, and to desert him in this manner in the face of all Christiandom.
1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) V. 62 The Revels of Christiandom.
1868 Hist. Mag. Jan. 56/1 His great ability is known and recognized throughout the length and breadth of Christiandom.
1926 Baptist Rec. (Jackson, Miss.) 7/2 The World War..aroused all Christiandom to a realization that we were doing altogether too little for the advancement of the Kingdom of God.
2000 K. Paterson in J. C. Giblin Cent. that Was 141 The Roman Catholic Church..had a burst of modernization and renewal during the 1960s, when the Pope reached out in an attempt to unite Christiandom once more.
2008 501 Must-visit Cities 143 By the Middle Ages the city [sc. Santiago de Compostela] had become the third most important place in Christiandom.
2. Christianity; the Christian faith or religion; (also) the state or condition of being a Christian.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > person > [noun] > condition
ChristendomOE
Christianitya1400
Christiandom1549
discipleship1612
Christianimity1637
Christianness1645
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Titus iii. f. xxxi That we lyue in all thinges accordyng to his godly pleasure, or els the profession of christiandome & of the gospel wil nothyng aduaile vs.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. vii. 111 That it is good Christiandome to lie, sweare & forsweare.
1891 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 9 Mar. 2/3 Later the creeds of Christiandom undertook to state with absolute certainty things concerning good as to which the present sources of knowledge are quite limited.
1911 J. W. Gordon Evol. of Beliefs ii. 74 The creed of Christiandom..implies a considerable communion between those in the one life and those in the other.
2006 E. Sandras Plastic Jesus iii. 49 It's much easier to..give intellectual assent to four basic laws of Christiandom (heartfelt change is optional).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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