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/krˌɪstʃiˈænɪti/ Listen

noun

Christianity n.

The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.

Practical conformity of one's inward and outward life to the spirit of the Christian religion

The body of Christian believers. (Obs.) "To Walys fled the christianitee Of olde Britons."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Breaker. "You have been more than magnanimous; you have been a self-sacrificing Christian, for you have required your surgeon to bind up the wound of an enemy before he assuaged your own. This is Christianity in war; and I shall strive to emulate ...

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... up to at Mt. Hebron you had to lead a distasteful, colourless life of hypocrisy and piety such as I have seldom seen anywhere before. Under cover of their primitive Christianity I never found more pettiness. First, you prayed and hymn-sung yourself into favour, and then indulged in sanctimonious intrigue to keep yourself ...

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