Christianity

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Christianity \Chris*tian"i*ty\, n. [OE. cristiente, OF.
     cristient['e], F. chr['e]tient['e], fr. L. christianitas. ]
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     1. The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and
        precepts taught by Christ.
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     2. Practical conformity of one's inward and outward life to
        the spirit of the Christian religion
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     3. The body of Christian believers. [Obs.]
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              To Walys fled the christianitee
              Of olde Britons.                      --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Christianity
       n 1: a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the
            Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in
            the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as
            savior [syn: {Christian religion}]
       2: 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" [syn: {Christendom}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "Christianity":
     Christendom, Christianism, Christlikeness, Christliness,
     Judeo-Christian religion, Orthodox Christianity,
     Protestant Christianity, angelicalness, beauty of holiness,
     fear of God, godlikeness, godliness, godly-mindedness, goodness,
     heavenliness, heavenly-mindedness, holiness, holy-mindedness,
     odor of sanctity, otherworldliness, pureness, pureness of heart,
     purity, righteousness, sainthood, saintlikeness, saintliness,
     saintship, sanctitude, sanctity, seraphicalness,
     spiritual-mindedness, spirituality, unearthliness, unworldliness
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CHRISTIANITY. The religion established by Jesus Christ. 
       2. Christianity has been judicially declared to be a part of the common 
  law of Pennsylvania; 11 Serg. & Rawle, 394; 5 Binn. R.555; of New York, 8 
  Johns. R. 291; of Connecticut, 2 Swift's System, 321; of Massachusetts, 
  Dane's Ab. vol. 7, c. 219, a. 2, 19. To write or speak contemptuously and 
  maliciously against it, is an indictable offence. Vide Cooper on the Law of 
  Libel, 59 and 114, et seq.; and generally, 1 Russ. on Cr. 217; 1 Hawk, c. 5; 
  1 Vent. 293; 3 Keb. 607; 1 Barn. & Cress. 26. S. C. 8 Eng. Com. Law R. 14; 
  Barnard. 162; Fitzgib. 66; Roscoe, Cr. Ev. 524; 2 Str. 834; 3 Barn. & Ald. 
  161; S. C. 5 Eng. Com. Law R. 249 Jeff. Rep. Appx. See 1 Cro. Jac. 421 Vent. 
  293; 3 Keb. 607; Cooke on Def. 74; 2 How. S. C. 11 ep. 127, 197 to 201.