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Christianity
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English
Alternative forms
en christianity obsolete
Etymology
From en enm Cristiente, enm Cristente, borrowed from en fro crestienté, from en la-med - stem of la Chrīstiānitās, from en la christianus, la Christianus, from en grc Χριστιανός, from grc Χριστός Christ, anointed one + Latin la -anus suffix for of, related to + one more suffix borrowed from Latin "ity" makes the final en Christian ity. The term was respelled in the early modern English period to more closely reflect its Latin etymon.
Pronunciation
en /ˌkɹɪstiˈænɪti/ RP
en /ˌkɹɪst͡ʃiˈænɪti/ US
en en-us-Christianity.ogg US
en ænɪti 5
Proper noun
- ies
en Q5043An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.
4 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.
en 2002 The Atlas of Great Jewish Communities: A Voyage Through History 27 As a result, Christianity developed as a separate religion from Judaism.
en Hong Kong Philippines Protestantism (in contrast to Catholicism)
Synonyms
en Christianism uncommon
Hypernyms
en religion, en monotheism, en Abrahamism
Coordinate terms
(subdivisions): Roman Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Methodism
Derived terms
en anti-Christianity Afro-Christianity Antichristianity Chrislam Christlam Churchianity Holocaustianity Jesusanity neo-Christianity priestianity Sportianity whiteanity Identity Christianity muscular Christianity Chalcedonian Christianity robust Christianity
Translations
monotheistic religion
Afrikaans: af christendom
Albanian: sq krishterimi m definite, sq krishtërim m indefinite
Amharic: am ክርስትና
Arabic: ar مَسِيحِيَّة f, ar نَصْرَانِيَّة f
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܡܫܝܼܚܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ mšīḳayuta f, aii ܟܪܣܛܝܢܘܬܐ
Classical Syriac: syc ܡܫܝܚܝܘܬܐ mšīḥāyūṯā syc ܟܪܣܛܝܢܘܬܐ
Armenian: hy քրիստոնեություն
Assamese: as খ্ৰীষ্টান ধৰ্ম
Asturian: ast cristianismu m
Azerbaijani: az xristianlıq, az məsihçilik, az məsihilik, az tərsa, az nəsraniyyət
Banjarese: bjn Kerestén, bjn Keréstén, bjn Nasrani
Bashkir: ba христианлыҡ
Basque: eu kristautasun
Belarusian: be хрысція́нства n
Bengali: bn খ্রিস্ট ধর্ম
Breton: br kristeniezh f
Bulgarian: bg христия́нство n
Burmese: my သိက္ခါတော်ရ
Carpathian Rusyn: rue христіанство n
Catalan: ca cristianisme m
Chechen: ce Керста дин
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 基督教 gei1 duk1 gaau3
Hakka: hak 基督教 Kî-tuk-kau
Hokkien: nan-hbl 基督教 Ki-tok-kàu
Mandarin: cmn 基督教 jīdūjiào now typically Protestantism, cmn 天主教 tiānzhǔjiào now typically Catholicism
Cornish: kw Kristoneth m
Crimean Tatar: crh hristianlıq
Czech: cs křesťanství n
Danish: da kristendom c
Dhivehi: dv މަސީހީދީން
Dutch: nl christendom n
Dzongkha: dz ཡེ་ཤུའི་ཆོས་ལུགས
Esperanto: eo kristanismo, eo kristismo
Estonian: et kristlus, et ristiusk
Faroese: fo kristindómur m, fo kristni f
Finnish: fi kristinusko
French: fr christianisme m, fr chrétienté f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Kristendom
Friulian: fur cristianisim
Galician: gl cristianismo m
Georgian: ka ქრისტიანობა
German: de Christentum n
Greek: el χριστιανισμός m
Ancient: grc χριστιανισμός m
Gujarati: gu ખ્રિસ્તી ધર્મ
Hebrew: he נַצְרוּת f natzrút
Hiligaynon: hil Kristohanon
Hindi: hi ईसाई धर्म, hi ईसाइयत, hi मसीही धर्म m
Hungarian: hu kereszténység
Icelandic: is kristindómur m, is kristni f
Indonesian: id Kristen, id Kekristenan, id Nasrani
Irish: ga Críostaíocht f, ga Críostúlacht f
Italian: it Cristianità f, it Cristianesimo m
Japanese: ja キリスト教 キリストきょう, kirisuto-kyō, ja 基督教 キリストきょう, kirisuto-kyō
Javanese: jv Kristen
Kannada: kn ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಧರ್ಮ
Kashmiri: ks عِیسائیت
Kashubian: csb chrzescëjaństwò n
Kazakh: kk христиандық, kk христиан діні, kk мәсіхшілік
Khmer: km គ្រិស្តសាសនា krɨh saasnaa
Konkani: kok Kristanvponn
Korean: ko 그리스도교, ko 기독교(基督敎), ko 크리스트교
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb مەسیحییەت
Northern Kurdish: kmr xiristiyanî, kmr mesîhîtî
Kyrgyz: ky машаякчылык, ky христианчылык, ky христианство
Lao: lo ສາດສະໜາຄະລິດ, lo ສາສນາກິດ, lo ຄິດສາດສະໜາ, lo ສາສະໜາພະເຢຊູ
Latin: la Christiānismus m, la Christiānitās f
Latvian: lv kristietība f
Lithuanian: lt krikščionybė f
Samogitian: sgs krėkštiuonībė f
Luxembourgish: lb Chrëschtentum
Ma'anyan: mhy Karistén
Macedonian: mk христија́нство n
Maithili: mai ईसाई धर्म
Malagasy: mg kristianisma
Malay: ms Kristian, ms Masihi, ms Nasrani, ms Serani, ms agama Kristian, ms agama Masihi, ms agama Nasrani, ms agama Serani, ms agama Kristian, ms agama Masihi, ms agama Nasrani, ms agama Serani
Malayalam: ml ക്രിസ്തുമതം
Maltese: mt kristjaniżmu m
Manx: gv Credjue Creestee yn Credjue Creestee, gv Creestiaght f,
Māori: mi karaitianatanga
Marathi: mr ख्रिस्ती धर्म
Middle English: enm Cristendom
Minangkabau: min Karisten
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn христийн шашин
Naga:
Khiamniungan Naga: kix tûathìh
Nepali: ne ईसाई धर्म
Newar: new ख्रिस्ति धर्म
Norman: nrf Chrêtchienneté f Jersey, nrf Cristianème continental Normandy
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb kristendom m
Nynorsk: nn kristendom m
Occitan: oc cristianisme m
Odia: or ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ ଧର୍ମ
Old English: ang cristendom m
Ossetian: os чырыстонад
Pashto: ps نصرانيت m nasrāniyat, ps عيسائيت m 'isāyat, ps مسيحيت m masihyat
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira مَسیحِیَت, fa-ira تَرْسایی, fa-ira نَصْرانِیَت, fa-ira عیسَوِیَت, fa-ira عیسائِیَت
Polish: pl chrześcijaństwo n
Portuguese: pt cristianismo m
Punjabi: pa ਇਸਾਈ ਧਰਮ
Western Punjabi: pnb مسيحيت
Romanian: ro creștinism n
Russian: ru христиа́нство n
Sanskrit: sa क्रैस्तमतम्
Santali: sat ᱤᱥᱟᱹᱭ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ
Scottish Gaelic: gd Crìosdaidheachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Bosnian Serbian sh хрѝшћа̄нство n, Croatian sh кр̀шћа̄нство n
Latin: Bosnian Serbian sh hrìšćānstvo n, Croatian sh kr̀šćānstvo n
Sicilian: scn cristianìsimu m
Sindhi: sd مسيحيت
Sinhalese: si ක්රිස්තියානි ආගම
Slovak: sk kresťanstvo n
Slovene: sl krščanstvo n
Spanish: es cristianismo m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb kśesćijaństwo n
Upper Sorbian: hsb křesćanstwo n
Sundanese: su Kristen
Swahili: sw Ukristo
Swedish: sv kristendom c
Tagalog: tl Kristiyanismo
Tajik: tg дини насронӣ, tg дини христианӣ, tg тарсоӣ, tg насроният
Tamil: ta கிறிஸ்தவம்
Tatar: tt христианлык
Telugu: te క్రైస్తవ మతం
Thai: th ศาสนาคริสต์ sàat-sà-nǎa krít, th คริสต์ศาสนา krít sàat-sà-nǎa
Tigrinya: ti ክርስትና
Tumbuka: tum Cikhristu 7
Turkish: tr Hristiyanlık, tr Nasranîlik Nasrânîlik
Turkmen: tk hristiýanlyk
Ukrainian: uk христия́нство n
Urdu: ur عِیسائی مَذْہَب m, ur عِیسائِیَت f, ur مَسِیحِیَت f, ur نَصْرانِیَت f
Uyghur: ug خرىستىئان دىنى
Uzbek: uz xristianlik, uz masihiylik
Vietnamese: vi Kitô giáo, vi Cơ Đốc giáo (vi 基督教), vi Thiên Chúa giáo (vi 天主教)
Volapük: vo krit, primitive vo rukrit
Welsh: cy Cristnogaeth
Yiddish: yi קריסטנטום n, yi קריסטלעכקייט f, yi די קריסטן p
Proper noun
Christendom, the Christian world
Translations
Christendom
See also
en Christian
Appendix:Glossary of Christianity
en eponyms
en Abrahamism Christianity