Christendom

[kris-uh n-duh m]

noun

Christians collectively.
the Christian world.
Christianity.

Origin of Christendom

before 900; Middle English; Old English cristendōm. See Christian, -dom

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Examples from the Web for christendom

Contemporary Examples

Remember the days of post-9/11 civilizational war, of weltkampf between Islam and Christendom?
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Michael Moynihan
February 6, 2014
Indeed, all the popes in history – even the African popes of early Christendom – have come from north of the line.
Southern Discomfort in Election of Pope
Christopher Dickey, Mac Margolis
March 13, 2013
And that is what the perception is by the American left, who hates Christendom.
10 Outrageous Things Rick Santorum Has Said
The Daily Beast
February 20, 2012
Among them are the 96 members of the United States Senate, perhaps the windiest and most tedious group of men in Christendom.
Trump
David Frum
February 3, 2012

Historical Examples

In a hundred things, I think London quite the finest town of Christendom.
Homeward Bound
James Fenimore Cooper
There goes a Polish Count who is one of the greatest gamblers in Christendom.
Vivian Grey
Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
And why drag this dead weight of a Sunday-school over the whole Christendom?
Essays, First Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I thought I had made the acquaintance of all the perpetual curates in Christendom.
The Christian
Hall Caine
How should a wife not love her man, the wisest, canniest prince in Christendom, too!
Two Penniless Princesses
Charlotte M. Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for christendom

Christendom

noun

the collective body of Christians throughout the world or throughout history
an obsolete word for Christianity

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for christendom

Christendom

n.

Old English cristendom "Christianity, state of being a Christian," from cristen (see Christian) + -dom, suffix of condition or quality. The native formation, crowded out by Latinate Christianity except for sense "lands where Christianity is the dominant religion" (late 14c.). Similar formations in Scandinavian languages.

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Examples from the Web for christendom

Contemporary Examples

Remember the days of post-9/11 civilizational war, of weltkampf between Islam and Christendom?

Indeed, all the popes in history – even the African popes of early Christendom – have come from north of the line.

And that is what the perception is by the American left, who hates Christendom.

Among them are the 96 members of the United States Senate, perhaps the windiest and most tedious group of men in Christendom.

Historical Examples

In a hundred things, I think London quite the finest town of Christendom.

There goes a Polish Count who is one of the greatest gamblers in Christendom.

And why drag this dead weight of a Sunday-school over the whole Christendom?

I thought I had made the acquaintance of all the perpetual curates in Christendom.

How should a wife not love her man, the wisest, canniest prince in Christendom, too!

Christendom

Word Origin and History for christendom

Christendom

n.

Origin of Christendom