Christendom

Chris·ten·dom  (krsn-dm)

n.

1. Christians considered as a group.

2. The Christian world.

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[Middle English Cristendom, from Old English cristendm : cristen, Christian; see Christian + -dm, -dom.]

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Christendom

Noun

all Christian people or countries

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Christendom

Christians collectively or the Christian world.

See also: Christianity

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Christendom Christians collectively, 1131; A particular body or community of Christians, 1205.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Christendom - the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia); "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom" Christianity body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" Christian church, church - one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship church - the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church; "our church is hosting a picnic next week"