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Christianity

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Etymology

From Middle English cristente, from Old French crestiente, from Medieval Latin stem of christianitas, from Latin christianus, Christianus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Christianos), from Χριστός (Christos, “Christ, anointed one”) + -ιανός (-ianos, “of, related to”). The term was respelled in the early modern English period to more closely reflect its Latin etymon. Its form is equivalent to Christian +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

  • (RP) IPA: /ˌkrɪstiˈænɪti/
  • (US) IPA: /ˌkrɪstʃiˈænɪti/, X-SAMPA: /%krIstSi"{nIti/
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Noun

Christianity (usually uncountable; plural Christianities)

  1. An Abrahamic religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and various scholars who wrote the Christian Bible.
    I tried various religions such as Wicca, but my current religion is Christianity.

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Translations

monotheistic religion
  • Lithuanian:
  • Luxembourgish: Chrëschtentum (lb)
  • Macedonian: христијанство (mk) (hristijánstvo) n
  • Malay: 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 (ms)
  • Maltese: kristjaniżmu (mt)
  • Mongolian: христийн шашин (mn) (hristijn šašin)
  • Norwegian: kristendom (no)
  • Occitan: cristianisme (oc) m
  • Ossetian: чырыстонад
  • Persian: مسیحیت (fa) (masihiyat), ترسایی (fa) (tarsâyi)
  • Polish: chrześcijaństwo (pl) n
  • Portuguese: cristianismo (pt) m
  • Romanian: creștinism (ro) n, creștinătate (ro) f
  • Russian: христианство (ru) (xristiánstvo) n
  • Scottish Gaelic: Crìosdaidheachd (gd) f
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Roman: (Bosnian, Serbian) хришћанство (sh) n, (Croatian) кршћанство (sh) n
    Cyrillic: (Bosnian, Serbian) hrišćanstvo (sh) n, (Croatian) kršćanstvo (sh) n
  • Sinhalese: ක්‍රිස්තියානි ආගම (si)
  • Slovak: kresťanstvo (sk) n
  • Slovene: krščanstvo (sl) n
  • Spanish: cristianismo (es) m
  • Swahili: Ukristo (sw)
  • Swedish: kristendom (sv) c
  • Tajik: дини насронӣ (tg) (dini nasronī), дини христианӣ (tg) (dini xristianī), тарсоӣ‍ (tg) (tarsoī)
  • Tatar: христианлык (tt) (xristianlıq)
  • Thai: ศาสนาคริสต์ (th) (sàat-sà-năa krít), คริสต์ศาสนา (th) (krít sàat-sà-năa)
  • Turkish: Hristiyanlık (tr)
  • Turkmen: hristiýanlyk (tk)
  • Ukrainian: християнство (uk) (xrystyjánstvo) n
  • Urdu: عیسائی مذہب (ur) (īsāī maz'hab) m, عیسائیت (ur) ('īsāiyat)
  • Uzbek: xristianlik (uz), masihiylik (uz)
  • Vietnamese: Kitô giáo (vi), Cơ Đốc giáo (vi)
  • Volapük: krit (vo), (primitive) rukrit (vo)
  • West Frisian: Kristendom (fy)

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