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Christianity - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Christianity : (noun)
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: Christianity, 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,
Christianity]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Christianity : \Chris*tian"i*ty\, n. [OE. cristiente, OF.
cristient['e], F. chr['e]tient['e], fr. L. christianitas. ]
1. The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and
precepts taught by Christ.
2. Practical conformity of one's inward and outward life to
the spirit of the Christian religion
3. The body of Christian believers. [Obs.]
To Walys fled the christianitee Of olde Britons.
--Chaucer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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