Christendom
Americannoun
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the collective body of Christians throughout the world or throughout history
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an obsolete word for Christianity
Etymology
Origin of Christendom
before 900; Middle English; Old English cristendōm. See Christian, -dom
Example Sentences
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In his homily, read before about 8,000 people in Christendom's largest church, Francis spoke of the bitterness, dismay and disillusionment many feel today.
From Reuters
Some of these programs have tiny reach — Christendom Curriculum had 100 subscribers as of September.
From Washington Post
The hulking mass of the Hagia Sophia, the sixth-century church that became the enduring symbol of Christendom, seemed like a basilica to me again, surrounded by a copse of slim, tapered minarets.
From New York Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin, by all accounts, ironically, sees himself as the defender of Christendom and the Orthodox Christianity.
From Fox News
Justice Clarence Thomas always goes to Mass before doing his work at the Supreme Court and declared in a 2018 commencement speech at Christendom College, "I am decidedly and unapologetically Catholic."
From Salon
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