Christianity

English

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): /ˌkɹɪstʃiˈænɪti/

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Proper noun

Christianity (usually uncountable, plural Christianities)

1. An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.
   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎^[1]:

     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.

Synonyms

• Christianism (uncommon)

Hypernyms

• religion, monotheism, Abrahamism

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; Ahmadiyya,‎ Asatru,‎ Bahá'í Faith,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Christianity,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Eckankar,‎ Flying Spaghetti Monsterism,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Jediism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ Odinism,‎ paganism,‎ Pastafarianism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yazidism,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Derived terms

• Holocaustianity
• muscular Christianity

Translations

monotheistic religion

• Afrikaans: christendom
• Albanian: krishterimi, krishtërim
• Arabic: مَسِيحِيَّة‎ (ar) f (masīḥiyya), نَصْرَانِيَّة‎ f (naṣrāniyya)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܪܣܛܝܢܘܬܐ‎

• Armenian: քրիստոնեություն (hy) (kʿristoneutʿyun)
• Asturian: cristianismu m
• Azerbaijani: xristianlıq
• Banjarese: Kerestén, Keréstén, Nasrani
• Basque: kristautasun
• Belarusian: хрысція́нства n (xryscijánstva)
• Bengali: খ্রিস্ট ধর্ম (khrisṭ dhôrm)
• Breton: kristeniezh f
• Bulgarian: христия́нство n (hristijánstvo)
• Burmese: သိက္ခါတော်ရ (sikhkataura.)
• Catalan: cristianisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 基督教 (gei¹ duk¹ gaau³)

  Hakka: 基督教 (Kî-tuk-kau)

  Mandarin: 基督教 (zh) (jīdūjiào)

  Min Nan: 基督教 (zh-min-nan) (Ki-tok-kàu)

• Cornish: Kristoneth m
• Crimean Tatar: hristianlıq
• Czech: křesťanství (cs) n
• Danish: kristendom c
• Dhivehi: މަސީހީދީން‎ (masīhīdīn)
• Dutch: christendom (nl) n
• Esperanto: kristanismo, kristismo
• Estonian: ristiusk
• Finnish: kristinusko (fi)
• French: christianisme (fr) m, chrétienté (fr) f
• Friulian: cristianisim
• Galician: cristianismo m
• Georgian: ქრისტიანობა (krisṭianoba)
• German: Christentum (de) n
• Greek: χριστιανισμός (el) m (christianismós)
• Hebrew: נַצְרוּת‎ f (natsrút)
• Hiligaynon: Kristohanon
• Hindi: ईसाई धर्म (īsāī dharm), ईसाइयत (īsāiyat), मसीही धर्म m (masīhī dharma)
• Hungarian: kereszténység (hu)
• Icelandic: kristindómur m, kristni (is) f
• Indonesian: Kristen (id), Kekristenan, Nasrani (id)
• Irish: Críostaíocht f, Críostúlacht f
• Italian: cristianità f, cristianesimo (it) m
• Japanese: キリスト教 (ja) (キリストきょう, kirisutokyō), 基督教 (ja) (キリストきょう, kirisutokyō)
• Javanese: Kristen
• Kashmiri: عِیسائیت‎ (ʿīsائyt)
• Kazakh: христиандық (xrïstïandıq)
• Khmer: គ្រិស្តសាសនា (krɨh saasnaa)
• Korean: 그리스도교 (geuriseudogyo), 기독교 (ko) (gidokgyo)
• Kyrgyz: машаякчылык (maşayakçılık)
• 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:

  Aukštaitian: krikščionybė (lt) f

  Samogitian: krėkštiuonībė f

• Luxembourgish: Chrëschtentum (lb)
• Ma'anyan: Karistén
• Macedonian: христија́нство n (hristijánstvo)
• Malagasy: kristianisma (mg)
• Malay: Kristian, Masihi, Nasrani, Serani, agama Kristian, agama Masihi, agama Nasrani, agama Serani, agama Kristian, agama Masihi, agama Nasrani, agama Serani
• Maltese: kristjaniżmu m
• Manx: yn Credjue Creestee, Creestiaght f,
• Maori: karaitianatanga
• Middle English: Cristendom
• Minangkabau: Karisten
• Mongolian: христийн шашин (hristijn šašin)
• Norman: Chrêtchienneté f (Jersey), Cristianème (continental Normandy)
• Norwegian: kristendom (no)
• Occitan: cristianisme m
• Old English: cristendom m
• Ossetian: чырыстонад (ḱyrystonad)
• Persian: مسیحیت‎ (fa) (masihiyat), ترسایی‎ (fa) (tarsâyi)
• Polish: chrześcijaństwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: cristianismo (pt) m
• Romanian: creștinism (ro) n, creștinătate (ro) f
• Russian: христиа́нство (ru) n (xristiánstvo)
• Santali: ᱤᱥᱟᱹᱭ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ (isăy dhôrôm)
• Scottish Gaelic: Crìosdaidheachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: (Bosnian, Serbian) хришћанство n, (Croatian) кршћанство n

  Roman: (Bosnian, Serbian) hrišćanstvo (sh) n, (Croatian) kršćanstvo (sh) n

• Sinhalese: ක්‍රිස්තියානි ආගම (k‍ristiyāni āgama)
• Slovak: kresťanstvo n
• Slovene: krščanstvo (sl) n
• Spanish: cristianismo (es) m
• Sundanese: Kristen
• Swahili: Ukristo
• Swedish: kristendom (sv) c
• Tagalog: Kakristuhan, pagkamakakristo, Pagkabinyagan, Kristiyanismo
• Tajik: дини насронӣ (dini nasronī), дини христианӣ (dini xristianī), тарсоӣ‍ (tarsoyī‍)
• Tatar: христианлык (xristianlıq)
• Thai: ศาสนาคริสต์ (th) (sàat-sà-năa krít), คริสต์ศาสนา (krít sàat-sà-năa)
• Turkish: Hristiyanlık (tr)
• Turkmen: hristiýanlyk
• Ukrainian: христия́нство n (xrystyjánstvo)
• Urdu: عیسائی مذہب‎ m (īsāī maz'hab), عیسائیت‎ ('īsāiyat)
• Uzbek: xristianlik (uz), masihiylik
• Vietnamese: Kitô giáo (vi), Cơ Đốc giáo (vi)
• Volapük: krit (vo), (primitive) rukrit
• Welsh: Cristnogaeth
• West Frisian: Kristendom
• Yiddish: קריסטנטום‎ n (kristntum)

Proper noun

Christianity

1. Christendom

Translations

Christendom — see Christendom

See also

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