† ˌantichristiˈanityn.
Obs.
1. = antichristianism n. 1.
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RomeeOE
Babylon1530
popishness1531
popery?1536
popistry?1542
papistry1543
mass-monging1552
antichristianity1555
antichristianism1588
Babel1599
papacy1599
Romanism1603
poping1608
Babylonism1610
Catholicism1613
Romanality1637
catholicship1653
Romishness1653
Roman Catholicism1662
Roman Catholicity1806
catholicity1830
popism1841
old religion1934
1555 R. Taylor Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1074/1, I dyd also affyrme..Popery Antichristianity.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iv. iii. 175 Popery being Antichristianitie, is not healed, but by establishment of orders thereunto opposite. The way to bring a drunken man to sobrietie is to carry him as farre from excesse of drinke as may be.
1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. Pref. sig. A7v, To suspect them of Antichristianity.
2. = antichristianism n. 2. ‘Contrariety to Christianity’ (Johnson).
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > opposition to Christianity > [noun]
antichristianism1590
antichristianity1680
Christianophobia1878
Christophobia1885
1680 R. Baxter Moral Prognostication i. §91. 21 To call things lawful, by the name of Sin and Anti-christianity.
1687 Good Advice 19 Christianity should be propagated by the Spirit of Christianity, and not by Violence and Persecution, for that's the Spirit of Antichristianity.
1731 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. ; whence in J. etc.
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