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Christianism

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[kris-chuh-niz-uhm] / ˈkrɪs tʃəˌnɪz əm /

noun

  1. the beliefs and practices of Christians.


Etymology

Origin of Christianism

1570–80; < Late Latin Chrīstiānismus < Greek Chrīstiānismós Christianity, equivalent to chrīstiān ( ós ) Christian + -ismos -ism

Example Sentences

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Communism and Christianism have, indeed, this in common, that their object is to promote life, long life, and happy life, both lives in a large and full measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over.

From Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View by Brown, William Montgomery

Christianism, Theism, Materialism, and Atheism will be regarded as open questions, subject to unreserved discussion.

From The Principles Of Secularism by Holyoake, George Jacob

Descartes' independence of thought did not tend to revolt, as he had proved: in publishing his Discourse on Method he halted at the threshold of Christianism without laying his hand upon the sanctuary.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Black, Robert

Everlasting Justice, yet with Penitence, with everlasting Pity,—all Christianism, as Dante and the Middle Ages had it, is emblemed there.

From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David

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