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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Christendom \Chris"ten*dom\, n. [AS. cristend?m; cristen a Christian + -dom.] 1. The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence the Christian religion, or the adoption of it [Obs.] --Shak. 2. The name received at baptism; or more generally, any name or appelation. [Obs.] Pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms. --Shak. 3. That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands. The Arian doctrine which then divided Christendom. --Milton A wide and still widening Christendom. --Coleridge. 4. The whole body of Christians. --Hooker. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Christendom n : the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history; "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom" [syn: {Christendom}, {Christianity}]
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