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单词 by one's christendom
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by one's Christendom
P2. by one's Christendom and variants: truly, assuredly; on one's faith. Chiefly used parenthetically as an oath, or to emphasize the truth of a statement, esp. in by my Christendom! Obsolete.Cf. by my faith at faith n. and int. Phrases 1a(a)(i), by my halidom at halidom n. 3b.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > (originally) with reference to Christianity
by my Christendom!c1380
upon (also by) one's Christianitya1500
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1906By þe cristendom þat y fong’ quaþ Terry.
a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 929 Sere, be my Crystyndham [1913 ed. Chrystyndam], I saw whenne he yede and cam.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 60 The gaping rurall fooles..sware by their christendomes..they neuer sawe such a myracle.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. i. 16 By my Christendome,..I should be as merry as the day is long. View more context for this quotation
c1632 Pinder of Wakefield sig. C3 I will by my Christendome, God willing.
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