English

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Etymology

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From Middle English Christenhode, Cristenhode, chrystenhede, equivalent to Christian +‎ -hood.

Noun

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Christianhood (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being a Christian.
    • 1847, Henry Septimus Sutton, The Evangel of Love, page 149:
      I wish you, then, dear friend, to form a clear conception of what and wherein consists Christianhood; ―what it is, that essentially and necessarily differences the Christian from the ungodly.