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Christianity

[kris-chee-an-i-tee]

noun

plural

Christianities 
  1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches.

  2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character.

    Christianity mixed with pagan elements; the Christianity of Augustine's thought.

  3. a particular Christian religious system.

    She followed fundamentalist Christianity.

  4. the state of being a Christian.

  5. Christendom.

  6. conformity to the Christian religion or to its beliefs or practices.



Christianity

/ ˌɪɪˈæɪɪ /

noun

  1. the Christian religion

  2. Christian beliefs, practices or attitudes

  3. a less common word for Christendom

“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

Christianity

  1. The religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians (see also Christian) believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, sent by God. They believe that Jesus, by dying and rising from the dead, made up for the sin of Adam and thus redeemed the world, allowing all who believe in him to enter heaven. Christians rely on the Bible (see also Bible) as the inspired word of God. (See also gospel, Nativity, Resurrection, salvation (see also salvation), and Sermon on the Mount.)

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Christianity1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English cristianite, from Latin īپԾ-, stem of īپԾ; equivalent to Christian + -ity; replacing Middle English cristiente, from Middle French, from Latin, as above
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It was struck at a time when pagan beliefs were starting to give way to Christianity, and its design appears to straddle this time of change.

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Even in the 2020s, marked by a decline in the United States’ Christian population, as well as similar dips in the United Kingdom and Europe, horror still equates “religion” with “Christianity.”

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But he, like Musk, has been feeling pressure lately to fully MAGA-ify by openly embracing Christianity.

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To those whose understanding of Christianity is based on compassion and love, this comment was jarring.

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My book, White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, was one of 381 books, including seven books on Christianity, banned from the US Naval Academy.

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