Christianity

English

Alternative forms

• christianity (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English Cristiente, Cristente, borrowed from Old French crestienté, from Medieval Latin stem of Chrīstiānitās, from Latin christianus, Christianus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Khristianós), from Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ, anointed one”) + Latin -anus (“suffix for of, related to”) + one more suffix borrowed from Latin "ity" makes the final Christian +‎ -ity. The term was respelled in the early modern English period to more closely reflect its Latin etymon.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɪstiˈænɪti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɪst͡ʃiˈænɪti/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Christianity (usually uncountable, plural Christianities)

2. An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.
   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

     By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.

   • 2002, The Atlas of Great Jewish Communities: A Voyage Through History, page 27:

     As a result, Christianity developed as a separate religion from Judaism.

3. (Hong Kong, Philippines) Protestantism (in contrast to Catholicism)

Synonyms

• Christianism (uncommon)

Hypernyms

• religion, monotheism, Abrahamism

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; agnosticism,‎ Asatru,‎ atheism,‎ Ayyavazhi,‎ Baháʼí Faith,‎ Bon,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Cheondoism,‎ Christianity,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Druze,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Jediism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ Odinism,‎ paganism,‎ Pastafarianism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Rodnovery,‎ Romuva,‎ Samaritanism,‎ Sanamahism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Tengrism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yahwism,‎ Yazidism,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}
• (subdivisions): Roman Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Methodism

Derived terms

• anti-Christianity
• Identity Christianity
• muscular Christianity

 

Translations

monotheistic religion

Afrikaans: christendom Albanian: krishterimi m (definite), krishtërim m (indefinite) Amharic: ክርስትና (kərsətna) Arabic: مَسِيحِيَّة (ar) f (masīḥiyya), نَصْرَانِيَّة f (naṣrāniyya) Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܫܝܼܚܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ f (mšīḳayuta), ܟܪܣܛܝܢܘܬܐ (krsṭinwtā) Classical Syriac: ܡܫܝܚܝܘܬܐ (mšīḥāyūṯā) ܟܪܣܛܝܢܘܬܐ Armenian: քրիստոնեություն (hy) (kʻristoneutʻyun) Assamese: খ্ৰীষ্টান ধৰ্ম (khristan dhormo) Asturian: cristianismu (ast) m Azerbaijani: xristianlıq, məsihçilik, məsihilik, tərsa, nəsraniyyət Banjarese: Kerestén, Keréstén, Nasrani Bashkir: христианлыҡ (xristianlıq) Basque: kristautasun Belarusian: хрысція́нства n (xryscijánstva) Bengali: খ্রিস্ট ধর্ম (bn) (khrisṭ dhormo) Breton: kristeniezh f Bulgarian: христия́нство (bg) n (hristijánstvo) Burmese: သိက္ခါတော်ရ (sikhkataura.) Carpathian Rusyn: христіанство n (xrystianstvo) Catalan: cristianisme (ca) m Chechen: Керста дин (Kersta din) Chinese: Cantonese: 基督教 (gei1 duk1 gaau3) Hakka: 基督教 (Kî-tuk-kau) Hokkien: 基督教 (zh-min-nan) (Ki-tok-kàu) Mandarin: 基督教 (zh) (jīdūjiào) Cornish: Kristoneth m Crimean Tatar: hristianlıq Czech: křesťanství (cs) n Danish: kristendom c Dhivehi: މަސީހީދީން (masīhīdīn̊) Dutch: christendom (nl) n Dzongkha: ཡེ་ཤུའི་ཆོས་ལུགས (ye shu'i chos lugs) Esperanto: kristanismo, kristismo Estonian: kristlus, ristiusk Faroese: kristindómur m, kristni f Finnish: kristinusko (fi) French: christianisme (fr) m, chrétienté (fr) f Friulian: cristianisim Galician: cristianismo (gl) m Georgian: ქრისტიანობა (krisṭianoba) German: Christentum (de) n Greek: χριστιανισμός (el) m (christianismós) Gujarati: ખ્રિસ્તી ધર્મ (khristī dharma) Hebrew: נַצְרוּת f (natzrút) Hiligaynon: Kristohanon Hindi: ईसाई धर्म (īsāī dharm), ईसाइयत (īsāiyat), मसीही धर्म m (masīhī dharm) Hungarian: kereszténység (hu) Icelandic: kristindómur m, kristni (is) f Indonesian: Kristen (id), Kekristenan, Nasrani (id) Irish: Críostaíocht f, Críostúlacht f Italian: Cristianità f, Cristianesimo m Japanese: キリスト教 (ja) (キリストきょう, kirisuto-kyō), 基督教 (ja) (キリストきょう, kirisuto-kyō) Javanese: Kristen (jv) Kannada: ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಧರ್ಮ (kn) (kraista dharma) Kashmiri: عِیسائیت Kashubian: chrzescëjaństwò n Kazakh: христиандық (xristiandyq), христиан діні (kk) (xristian dını), мәсіхшілік (mäsıxşılık) Khiamniungan Naga: tûathìh Khmer: គ្រិស្តសាសនា (krɨh saasnaa) Konkani: Kristanvponn Korean: 그리스도교 (geuriseudogyo), 기독교(基督敎) (ko) (gidokgyo), 크리스트교 (ko) (keuriseuteugyo) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: مەسیحییەت (mesîḧîyet) Northern Kurdish: xiristiyanî (ku), mesîhîtî (ku) Kyrgyz: машаякчылык (maşayakcılık), христианчылык (hristiancılık), христианство (hristianstvo) Lao: ສາດສະໜາຄະລິດ (sāt sa nā kha lit), ສາສນາກິດ (sāt nā kit), ຄິດສາດສະໜາ (khit sāt sa nā), ສາສະໜາພະເຢຊູ (sā sa nā pha yē sū) Latin: Christiānismus m, Christiānitās f Latvian: kristietība f Lithuanian: krikščionybė (lt) f Samogitian: krėkštiuonībė f Luxembourgish: Chrëschtentum (lb) Ma'anyan: Karistén Macedonian: христија́нство n (hristijánstvo) Maithili: ईसाई धर्म (īsāī dharma) Malagasy: kristianisma (mg) Malay: Kristian, Masihi, Nasrani, Serani, agama Kristian, agama Masihi, agama Nasrani, agama Serani, agama Kristian, agama Masihi, agama Nasrani, agama Serani Malayalam: ക്രിസ്തുമതം (ml) (kristumataṁ) Maltese: kristjaniżmu m Manx: yn Credjue Creestee, Creestiaght f, Maori: karaitianatanga Marathi: ख्रिस्ती धर्म (khristī dharma) Middle English: Cristendom Minangkabau: Karisten Mongolian: Cyrillic: христийн шашин (xristiin šašin) Nepali: ईसाई धर्म (īsāī dharma) Newar: ख्रिस्ति धर्म (khristi dharma) Norman: Chrêtchienneté f (Jersey), Cristianème (continental Normandy) Norwegian: Bokmål: kristendom (no) m Nynorsk: kristendom m Occitan: cristianisme (oc) m Odia: ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ ଧର୍ମ (khrishṭa dharma) Old English: cristendom m Ossetian: чырыстонад (ḱyrystonad) Pashto: نصرانيت m (nasrāniyat), عيسائيت m ('isāyat), مسيحيت m (masihyat) Persian: Iranian Persian: مَسیحِیَت (masihiyat), تَرْسایی (tarsâyi), نَصْرانِیَت (nasrâniyat), عیسَوِیَت (isaviyat), عیسائِیَت (isâ'iyat) Polish: chrześcijaństwo (pl) n Portuguese: cristianismo (pt) m Punjabi: ਇਸਾਈ ਧਰਮ (pa) (isāī dharam) Romanian: creștinism (ro) n Russian: христиа́нство (ru) n (xristiánstvo) Sanskrit: क्रैस्तमतम् (kraistamatam) Santali: ᱤᱥᱟᱹᱭ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ (isăy dhôrôm) Scottish Gaelic: Crìosdaidheachd f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: (Bosnian, Serbian) хрѝшћа̄нство n, (Croatian) кр̀шћа̄нство n Roman: (Bosnian, Serbian) hrìšćānstvo n, (Croatian) kr̀šćānstvo n Sicilian: cristianìsimu m Sindhi: مسيحيت Sinhalese: ක්‍රිස්තියානි ආගම (kristiyāni āgama) Slovak: kresťanstvo (sk) n Slovene: krščanstvo (sl) n Spanish: cristianismo (es) m Sundanese: Kristen (su) Swahili: Ukristo Swedish: kristendom (sv) c Tagalog: Kakristuhan, pagkamakakristo, Pagkabinyagan, Kristiyanismo Tajik: дини насронӣ (din-i nasroni), дини христианӣ (din-i xristiani), тарсоӣ (tarsoi‍), насроният (nasroniyat) Tamil: கிறிஸ்தவம் (ta) (kiṟistavam) Tatar: христианлык (xristianlıq) Telugu: క్రైస్తవ మతం (kraistava mataṁ) Thai: ศาสนาคริสต์ (th) (sàat-sà-nǎa krít), คริสต์ศาสนา (krít sàat-sà-nǎa) Tigrinya: ክርስትና (kərsətna) Turkish: Hristiyanlık (tr), Nasrânîlik Turkmen: hristiýanlyk Ukrainian: христия́нство n (xrystyjánstvo) Urdu: عِیسائی مَذْہَب m ('īsāī mazhab), عِیسائِیَت f ('īsāiyat), مَسِیحِیَت f (masīhiyat), نَصْرانِیَت f (nasrāniyat) Uyghur: خرىستىئان دىنى (xristi'an dini) Uzbek: xristianlik (uz), masihiylik Vietnamese: Kitô giáo (vi), Cơ Đốc giáo (vi) (基督教 (vi)), Thiên Chúa giáo (vi) (天主教) Volapük: krit (vo), (primitive) rukrit Welsh: Cristnogaeth West Frisian: Kristendom Western Panjabi: مسيحيت Yiddish: קריסטנטום n (kristntum), קריסטלעכקייט f (kristlekhkeyt), די קריסטן pl (di kristn)

Proper noun

Christianity

1. Christendom, the Christian world

Translations

Christendom — see Christendom

See also

• Christian
• Christianity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Appendix:Glossary of Christianity