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

From The Principles Of Secularism by Holyoake, George Jacob

In ancient Osirianism, as in modern Christianism, we find the worship of a divine mother and child.

From The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History by Besant, Annie Wood

Everlasting Justice, yet with Penitence, 330with everlasting Pity,—all Christianism, as Dante and the Middle Ages had it, is emblemed here.

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

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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